On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 8:28 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> >> What makes it "your state"? It's just a bunch of programs. Why those >> programs and not others? >> > > It's the set of programs that implements the body/brain used to construct > my inner world. > > > But that doesn't explain why there is such a thing as "your inner world" > that is separate from "my inner world". Why don't the programs produce > overlapping or mixing "inner worlds". > > My inner world is constructed from the signals originating inside my body, not yours or anyone else's. My consciousness corresponds with the activity happening inside my brain, not yours. > Just like a dog. But a kid knows his name (learned) and can answer the >> question, "why did you do that?". The answer to that question is also >> largely learned. We are told who to be, what's right, wrong, appropriate, >> taboo, etc., for the culture we grow up in. IOW why I do something is >> filtered through learned cultural constructs. Most of the time the answer >> amounts to a justification in terms of what's appropriate, logical, or some >> other descriptor that benefits me in some way relative to the implicit >> values I'm socialized to. This form of self-image is of a higher order >> than whatever self-image my dog has. >> >> > I don't disagree with any of that, but I don't see that any of it is > entailed by there being the infinite programs of the UD. > Yeah, I agree. The UDA assumes consciousness. The AUDA argument formalizes a notion of qualia, but the machines involved there are too simple to say anything about the diversity of consciousnesses in the much more complicated machines actually realized in the world. I consider the ideas I'm talking about here to be separate, but compatible with the UDA/AUDA. Terren > Brent > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
