On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 6:31 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:

 >>>>  Like me Carmack is much more interested in intelligence than
>>>> consciousness and has no interest in the "philosophical zombie" argument.
>>>
>>>
>>> *>>>  It is possible to be highly interested in both. Why not?*
>>>
>>
>> * >> If one were unconscious to whom would it be useful?*
>
>

> Because one is a useful activity and the other is not.


I meant that research into the nature of intelligence is useful, that is to
say it leads somewhere, but consciousness research leads nowhere and
accomplishes nothing.

 John K Clark    See what's on my new list at  Extropolis
<https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>

kkq

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