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Why is the ability to imagine something at all relevant? I can imagine a world where there are no physical laws, everything is entirely random, and by an aston
by mikeash 8y ago
Why is the ability to imagine something at all relevant?
I can imagine a world where there are no physical laws, everything is entirely random, and by an astonishing coincidence it just so happens to behave exactly like the world we observe in every single way.
Does that mean it's possible that there are no physical laws and everything is completely random? Strictly speaking yes, it is possible, but the odds are indescribably remote, and it's a completely useless hypothesis anyway.
I can imagine a p-zombie which somehow comes up with the idea of consciousness and starts discussing it despite having no experience of it, but it would have to be some bizarre random occurrence, and is not really useful to consider.
- naasking 8y ago> Why is the ability to imagine something at all relevant? https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zombies/#3 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zombies/#3