On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:01 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> If Evolution can't see it then Evolution can't select for it, and yet >> Evolution made me and I am conscious; this fact severely limits the number >> of hypothetical processes that can possibly produce consciousness. >> > > There are many processes that can produce motion and evolution has > found a lot of them, but not all (e.g. not electrostatic propulsion). > I don't see the relevance. It's true that Evolution only seeks the local maximum not the global maximum so there are many things it has never and will never find (for example a macroscopic part that can move in 360 degrees), however I know for a fact that consciousness is not one of those things because I know for a fact that I am conscious. John K Clark -- 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/d/optout.
