On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>> That's just because the simulation of a person isn't good enough. The >> question is what if the simulation *is* good enough to completely fool >> you. > > > Fooling me is meaningless. "I think that you think therefore you are" fails > to account for the subjective thinker in the first place. If someone kills > you, but they then find a nifty way to use your cadaver as a ventriloquist's > dummy, does it matter if it fools someone into thinking that you are still > alive? You have said that you can just "sense" the consciousness of other minds but you have contradicted that, or at least admitted that the "sensing" faculty can be fooled. If you have no sure test for consciousness that means you might see it where it isn't present or miss it where it is present. So your friend might be unconscious despite your feeling that he is, and your computer might be conscious despite your feeling that it is not. -- 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.
