On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 2:22 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
>> If somebody says "pick up that red object" we both know what is expected >> of us even though we may have very very different mental conceptions of the >> qualia "red" because we both agree that the dictionary says red is the >> color formed in the mind when light of a wavelength of 700 nanometers >> enters the eye, and that object is reflecting light that is doing precisely >> that to both of us. > > * > But if the qualia of experiencing red is nothing more than the neuronal > structure and process that consistently associates 700nm signals from the > retina with the same actions as everyone else, e.g. saying "red", stopping > at the light, eating the fruit,...then it seems to me it is perfectly > justified to say people share the same qualia. That's the engineering > stance. What the qualia really is, is a psuedo-problem,* > I pretty much agree. You make a strong argument that you and I are experiencing the same qualia, but I can make an equally strong argument that they can't be the same qualia because if they were then you and I would be the same person. And that I think is a good indication that you're right, it is a pseudo-problem, meaning a question that will never have an answer or lead to anything productive. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> . > , > -- 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/CAJPayv01nMi5Gb%3Du8yameFsqFS3Tc5JY83i1ukR4NBOKnU32ag%40mail.gmail.com.
