On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 9:13:40 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Craig Weinberg > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > Maybe if there was a computer which was not specifically designed to > deceive > > our senses... which would mean that it was one which occurred naturally > and > > did not include anything which was ever designed or programmed by a > human > > being. > > Which contradicts your original claim that we can just "sense" that > other people are conscious without any logical analysis. >
No because we also realize intuitively that computers are unconscious without any logical analysis. That's why behaving 'like a robot' or a machine is synonymous with mindless repetitive action. Just because we can make an optical illusion which fools our eye into seeing three dimensional perspective in a 2D painting doesn't mean that we can't authentically tell when something natural is 3D. Craig > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
