On Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 1:30 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 2:17 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > *> We have a vision sense that can know what it is like to see many >> different scenes. Why then, could a Jupiter brain, not have an >> others-mind-sense that can know what it is like to be many different minds?* > > > Because we have no sense that can detect subjectivity in anything except > in ourselves. We could predict that if an ant encounter something very > hot it will quickly withdraw from it, but we have no way of knowing if it > experiences anything like pain. And it makes no difference how many > different facts a Jupiter brain could keep in it's mine at the same time > because it has no access to even one fact about the subjectivity of > others, nor will it ever have one regardless of how smart it gets. > This is only an assumption of yours. How do you know there can't be quale of what it's like to be John just as we have a quale of a pixel of red in our visual field, and for a great enough mind to be able to survey a landscape of such mind-qulia? 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/CAJPayv1JB%3DODhkvyKujkvzmHGZEYCvpy3LJq5eV%3Djhuge7xAbA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1JB%3DODhkvyKujkvzmHGZEYCvpy3LJq5eV%3Djhuge7xAbA%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%2BBCJUjc8zWBZqdY9g-vgw2gkSBeVD7cNJLNTvp450tTaepNTQ%40mail.gmail.com.
