On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:24 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 8/11/2011 7:14 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > In any case, I have made the thought experiment simpler by *assuming* > that the replacement component is mechanically equivalent to the > biological tissue. We can imagine that it is a black box animated by > God, who makes it tickle the surrounding neural tissue in exactly the > right way. I think installation of such a device would *necessarily* > preserve consciousness. What do you think? > > > Are you assuming that there is no "consciousness" in the black box?
That's the question: is it possible to make such a black box which doesn't preserve consciousness? -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
