On 13 January 2014 00:00, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sunday, January 12, 2014 12:21:48 AM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm a lump of dumb matter arranged in a special way and I am >> conscious, so I don't see why another lump of dumb matter arranged in >> a special way might not also be conscious. What is it about that idea >> that you see as not only wrong, but ridiculous? > > > Water is just dumb matter arranged in a special way. Why not just drink > chlorine instead? Liquid is liquid.
You could turn chlorine into water by rearranging the subatomic particles. You have argued that it is not possible to create a living cell by arranging atoms. -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
