On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 4:40 PM Philip Thrift <cloudver...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 4:10:12 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, May 20, 2019, Philip Thrift <cloud...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 10:39:20 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjCytqku18M >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> That was interesting. Data has consciousness or doesn't. It's like being >>> pregnant. >>> >>> >> >> So what would you say to data, if he existed? That you're not conscious >> because every other conscious being that we know of is biological? >> >> >>> All examples of consciousness we have exist in living objects. (Us, for >>> example.) >>> >>> >> True but that's not evidence >> >> >>> Can something be a conscious object but not a living object? >>> >>> >> Depending on your definition of life, yes, I think so. >> >> Jason >> >> >> > > > > I was only just reading about Data's positronic technology. If positronics > is like biopolymers being used to make synthetic neurons today, then Data > could be conscious. > > A non-living conscious being seems like a contradiction. I don't think > Data would be both conscious and non-living. Data would be an example of > life made of alternative biochemistry. > > Life usually embodies aspects such as reproduction, metabolism, etc. A mars rover or a Boltzmann brain would not meet the definition of alive, but could be conscious. Jason -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUgM1G8-ys3SpueAhDR88J1-XzL%3DxrnnB5wQLaQQmUNZRw%40mail.gmail.com.
