On 20/02/2008, Eric B. Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During the late 70's when I was at McGill, I attended a public talk given by > Feynman on quantum physics. After the talk, and in answer to a question posed > from a member of the audience, Feynman said something along the lines of :" I > have here in my pocket a prescription from my doctor that forbids me to > answer questions from or get into discussions with philosophers" or something > like that. After spending the last couple of days reading all the links on > the outrageous proposition that rocks, rainstorms or plates of spaghetti > implement the mind, I now understand Feynman's sentiment. What a waste of > mental energy. A line of discussion as equally fruitless as solipsism. I am > in full agreement with Richard Loosemore on this one.
The possibility of mind uploading to computers strictly depends on functionalism being true; if it isn't then you may as well shoot yourself in the head as undergo a destructive upload. Functionalism (invented, and later repudiated, by Hilary Putnam) is philosophy of mind if anything is philosophy of mind, and the majority of cognitive scientists are functionalists. Are you still happy asserting that it's all bunk? -- Stathis Papaioannou ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=96140713-a54b2b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
