On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 5:33 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 5:16 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > *> You said consciousness is how information feels to be processed. * >> > > Yes. > > >> *> What if that information is only 1 bit (like is my hand being burned >> or not)?* >> > > I can't speak with any authority about your hand but if it was my hand I > would be conscious that it was being burned, in fact it would be pretty > much the only thing I was conscious of. Pain focuses the mind wonderfully > as does the prospect of being hanged (apologies to Samuel Johnson). > I was referring to the reflexes of your arm, before any signal gets to your brain. So here we have both information processing (small number of bits) and intelligent behavior (withdrawing an appendage from a flame), so can we rule out the consciousness of the nerves in your elbow? If so, how? Jason > > John K Clark > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1djdoDEOab9rvugQ2x7kRZ3fXS%3DLQ-n73YvH3kWo7WpA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1djdoDEOab9rvugQ2x7kRZ3fXS%3DLQ-n73YvH3kWo7WpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUg%2Bbj-%3DyYk2wsWhfrczU%3DxL77gFLdD%2B7ZhnwPRdD4CXAw%40mail.gmail.com.
