On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 9:53:07 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/14/2018 2:48 PM, John Clark wrote: > > >*And there are sound reasons for doubting the consciousness of computers >> -* >> > > Name one of them that could not also be used to doubt the consciousness of > your fellow > human beings. > > > The reason for not doubting that other human beings are conscious is that > (1) I am conscious and (2) other human beings are made of the same stuff in > approximately the same way that I am and (3) they behave the same way in > relation to what I am conscious of, e.g. they jump at a sudden loud sound. > > Brent >
The thought crossed my mind yesterday: I was helping a young man applying for a Ph.D. program in chemical engineering with his application, and we were talking about chemistry and consciousness*, and I mentioned a type of zombie - a being that could converse (like an advanced Google Assistant or Sophie Robot) but not be conscious - and I thought it was *possible* he was a zombie. * cf. *Experience processing* https://codicalist.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/experience-processing/ - pt -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
