On 5/25/2023 7:04 AM, Terren Suydam wrote:
Do you have a theory for why neurology supports consciousness but
silicon circuitry cannot?
I'm agnostic about this, but that's because I no longer assume
physicalism. For me, the hard problem signals that physicalism is
impossible. I've argued on this list many times as a physicalist, as
one who believes in the possibility of artificial consciousness,
uploading, etc. I've argued that there is something it is like to be a
cybernetic system. But at the end of it all, I just couldn't overcome
the problem of aesthetic valence
Why would aesthetic valence be a problem for physicalism. Even bacteria
know enough to swim away from some chemical gradients and toward others.
Brent
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