On 9/27/2012 8:28 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:05:20 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote:
On 9/27/2012 7:40 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
The perfect actor might believe it or he might just be acting. Acting
is top-down replacement, not bottom-up replacement. Bottom-up
replacement would involve replacing a part of your brain so that you
didn't notice any difference and no-one else noticed any difference.
Acting is an augmentation, not a replacement. It's a skill set. It involves
a
capacity to embody social expectations so that one's audience doesn't
notice any
difference. It's the same exact result from the third person view. An actor
is a
zombie being operated by a person.
The idea is to replace parts so that there is no behavior difference *under
any
circumstance* - acting, as you've conceived it, is limited to a particular
situation.
If you understand my thought experiment than you would realize that this is the same
thing. Just as a zombie arbitrarily asserts "no behavior difference *under any
circumstance*", my acting service does exactly the same thing. It is a high technology
simulation-prediction which augments rather than replaces the existing nervous system.
My concept of acting is *specifically unlimited* and applies to all possible situations
forever. That's what makes it a thought experiment.
Then I would say it's not distinct from 'being'. It is no longer a choice, "I'm going to
act." motivated by some particular situation.
Brent
You have to accept the premise of the thought experiment or else explain why the premise
is unworkable (as I have done repeatedly with the zombie assumption).
Craig
Brent
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