On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 3:27:55 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 9/18/2019 11:55 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 12:14:14 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 9/18/2019 3:02 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: >> > I think he means one can replace a human brain and/or nervous system >> > with computer microchips and consciousness will be preserved, or >> > perfectly simulated so the person who says "Yes doctor", will awake >> > from the surgery thinking he/she's the same person, like awakening >> > from unremarkable surgery. From my pov, this belief is a huge, huge >> > stretch since we can even define what consciousness IS. >> >> Define in terms of what? We define it ostensively. How would it help >> to define it in words? >> >> Brent >> > > Ostensively? What do you mean? You know, there are things we call > "dictionaries" where words are defined. If we have no way to define > "consciousness", we have no chance of understanding it. AG > > > Like this. Imagine an elephant. > > Ok, that was you being conscious of an elephant. > > Brent >
Actually I first "imaged" Dumbo, the Disney cartoon character. :) @philipthrift -- 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/8ba468a6-b03a-470d-9ac2-c23ee628046d%40googlegroups.com.
