On 3/10/2015 5:56 PM, John Clark wrote:
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 meekerdb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> It goes far beyond that, no theory of consciousness of any sort is
falsifiable
and that's why the subject is such a colossal waste of time.
> We routinely judge whether people are conscious or not based on their
behavior.
We judge whether people are INTELLIGENT or not based on their behavior.
Are you claiming that your anesthesiolgist only gives you drugs until you appear
unintelligent?
Brent
I happen to believe the Turing Test works, that is to say I believe there is a link
between intelligence and consciousness, however many on this list list disagree with me
about that and so these poor devils have no way of determining if any of there fellow
human beings are more conscious than a rock.
John K Clark
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