Moreover, can consciousness be copied? Can we be duplicated mentally and how well can we. If, consciousness is a substance, as Tegmark asserts, then the pattern can be copied, right?
-----Original Message----- From: Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Oct 18, 2014 9:23 am Subject: Re: Are We Really Conscious? (NYT Article today) On 17 October 2014 09:40, David Nyman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 October 2014 19:54, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A necessary side-effect roughly equates to the idea of weak emergence. > > > Weak emergence of what, precisely? And in what way could this emergent > something be distinguishable from the physical processes constituting it? Weak emergence of consciousness. The emergent phenomenon is distinguishable from the physical processes constituting it in the way any system is distinguishable from its parts, while still being fundamentally nothing more than its parts. -- 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/d/optout. -- 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.
