On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 9:44:21 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 2:13 AM Philip Thrift <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > *>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 Sophia Robot) but not be conscious - and I thought it was >> *possible* he was a zombie.* >> > > I guess its *possible* the man applying for a Ph.D was a zombie, but you > know you are not a zombie so if he is one then Charles Darwin was dead > wrong because there is no way random mutation and natural selection could > produce a zombie. And I don't think Charles Darwin was wrong. > > John K Clark >
He could have been, like @RealSophiaRobot <https://twitter.com/RealSophiaRobot>, manufactured. - 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.
