On Feb 23, 8:53 am, Quentin Anciaux <allco...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/2/23 Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> > > > On Feb 23, 1:09 am, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The "yes doctor" scenario considers the belief that if you are issued > > > with a computerised brain you will feel just the same. It's equivalent > > > to the "yes barber" scenario: that if you receive a haircut you will > > > feel just the same, and not become a zombie or otherwise radically > > > different being. > > > That is one reason why it's a loaded question. > > It's not a question... but a starting hypothesis...
"Do you say yes to the doctor?" is a question. It could be a hypothesis too if you want. I don't see why the difference is relevant. > Consider something true > and then either shows a contradiction or not (if you find a contradiction > starting from the assumption that the hypothesis is true... then you've > disproved the hypothesis). The question relates specifically to consciousness. Empirical logic is a subordinate category of consciousness. We cannot treat the subject of consciousness as if it were subordinate to logic without cognitive bias that privileges reductionism. > > But as usual you cannot grasp basic logic. You have to past the hypothesis > to discuss it and eventually find or not a contradiction... stopping at the > hypothesis, will let you stuck... you can discuss it for an infinite time > it won't help. I can almost make sense of what you are trying to write there. Near as I can come it's some kind of ad hominem foaming at the mouth about what assumptions I'm allowed to challenge. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_proof#Proof_by_contradiction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwagon_effect Craig -- 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.
