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So why is it wrong then? Can you provide empirical evidence to back up your claim?
by _Schizotypy 8y ago
So why is it wrong then? Can you provide empirical evidence to back up your claim?
- bencollier49 8y agoI'll write a blog post on it later, it'll take more than a few sentences.
- whatshisface 8y agoIf by consciousness you mean what everybody means by consciousness there are no well-founded claims about it because it's not observable. If you want to redefine consciousness to mean desk lamps, then I strongly disagree with the conclusion that consciousness doesn't exist because I have a desk lamp right here.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> If by consciousness you mean what everybody means by consciousness there are no well-founded claims about it because it's not observable. It is observable, but not externally verifiable; it literally encompasses the entirety of the category of things for which that is true.
- zipwitch 8y agoThe author admits that what he's really doing is playing games with definitions, and more interestingly, exploring the question of what conciousness is. To try and exploit shock value via tabloid-style meaning twisting is unworthy of the subject matter.