On 13 January 2014 00:00, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
