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That method gives an answer for one possible simulation- the experimenter's own brain. But it doesn't seem to suggest a means of determining what other simulat
by maxander 11y ago
That method gives an answer for one possible simulation- the experimenter's own brain. But it doesn't seem to suggest a means of determining what other simulations do or don't sustain sentience, so its far from a total solution.
When people suggest that science has things pretty much figured out by now, this sort of thing is one of the (many) counterexamples that I offer.
- deciplex 11y agoIt seems to me that if you follow TheOtherHobbes logic to its conclusion, you arrive at the proposition "sentience is a supernatural phenomenon" which is an absurdity. The problem is that we have trouble agreeing on what sentience even is, so of course we can't agree how to measure it. But to suggest that sentience lies outside the natural world doesn't really answer any questions, either.