On 30 January 2014 11:39, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:38:04 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > >> On 30 January 2014 11:24, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:34:48 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>> > NO ROOM CAN BE CONSCIOUS. >>>>> >>>> >>>> And we know that because we can say it in all capital letters, or >>>> possibly from the teachings of two of your favorite subjects, astrology and >>>> numerology. >>>> >>> >>> The all caps were in response to Bruno's all caps, and no, you don't >>> need astrology and numerology to understand that rooms are not haunted by >>> the spirits of system-hood. >>> >> >> Imagine a small, roughly spherical room made out of a fairly hard >> material something like limestone. Make a few holes in it, fill it with >> some goop with the consistency of blancmange, decorate with sense organs >> and throw in a body. >> >> Et voila! >> > > Voila, a cadaver. > > Unless *all *such objects are cadavers, this "disproves" the statement that *no *room can be conscious. (I must admit the idea that "no room can be conscious" seems to demand qualification...) -- 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.
