On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 4:29 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
* >So you wrote a whole paragraph but it's unclear whether you are agreeing > with me that consciousness is NOT just some mysterious byproduct of > intelligence,* > Consciousness is not mysterious, unless you think a brute fact is mysterious, but there are only two ways an iterative sequence of "how" or "why" questions can go, it can either terminate with a brute fact or it goes on forever. I think an iterated sequence of questions going on forever is far more mysterious than a brute fact. And I think it's a brute fact that consciousness is the way data feels when it is being processed. > *>but is an essential source of intelligent actions because it provides > plans and evaluates planned actions and scenarios.* > You've got cause-and-effect mixed up. Consciousness is not a source of intelligent action, consciousness is an inevitable consequence of intelligence. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>m asd sssfisdft n -- 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/CAJPayv2tGnc5KSCnKoJeK0h1wbP93Fp2io_qqtO2cpQE7u9mng%40mail.gmail.com.
