On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 1, 8:12 pm, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> You do assume, though, that brain function can't be replicated by a >> machine. > > No, I presume that consciousness is not limited to what we consider to > be brain function. Brain function, as we understand it now, is already > a machine.
You've moved on since I discussed this with you a few months ago, since then you claimed that brain function (i.e. observable function or behaviour) could not be replicated by machine. If you now accept this, the further argument is that it is not possible to replicate brain function without also replicating consciousness. This is valid even if it isn't actually possible to replicate brain function. We've discussed this before and I don't think you understand it. -- 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.
