On 17 May 2015 at 11:44, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Telmo Menezes wrote: > >> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Bruce Kellett >> So you think that Darwinian evolution produced intelligent zombies, >> and then computationalism infused consciousness? >> >> No. What I am saying is that consciousness is not a plausible target for >> gradual evolution for the following reasons: >> >> 1) There is no evolutionary advantage to it, intelligent zombies could do >> equally well. Every single behaviour that each one of us has, as seen for >> the outside, could be performed by intelligent zombies; >> > > Do you find it an advantage to be conscious in your everyday life? Do you > really think that your partner and/or children are zombies? I'm not particularly taking sides here but it would be nice if you actually answered the point that was made, rather than this rhetorical/emotional stuff. > > I can see that computationalism might well have difficulties accommodating >> a gradual evolutionary understanding of almost anything -- after all, the >> dovetailer is there in Platonia before anything physical ever appears. So >> how can consciousness evolve gradually? >> > This is the tired old misunderstanding of the concept of a block universe. It's as though Minkowski never existed. > -- 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.
