On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 09:02:29AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > In 1987, when I present the argument, in the room some come up with > > similar idea, and I answered. But some told me after that when > > people come up with idea like a recording is conscious, or 2+2 might > > Really? Why are people so quick to accept that conscious recordings > are absurd? Sure I can understand that Bogie in the screen version of > Casablanca is not conscious, but that is not the sort of recording > we're talking about. Here we're talking about something like an EEG > pattern where every neuron is recorded, as well as the entire > connectome. Why is it any more absurd for that to be be conscious than > it is for the original lump of grey goo to be conscious? After all, > the ancient Egyptians thought it a prepostuous idea, and would chuck > the brains out when mummifying the Pharoahs. > > I don't think intuition is a reliable guide here, which is why I focus > more on counterfactual correctness, which is at least something that > can be grasped rigorously. > > > Perhaps one way of looking at it that makes it more intuitive is that a mirror implements a recording and playback aparatus. The farther away it is, the more delayed the playback. But few would attribute consciousness to their reflection. Jason -- 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.
