> Just because we don't know how evolution created consciousness doesn't mean that we can use our ignorance of how consciousness evolved to create machine consc

> Just because we don't know how evolution created consciousness doesn't mean that we can use our ignorance of how consciousness evolved to create machine consciousness. I honestly don't think that anyone would make that specific argument. Do you think that they are? Who's suggesting that we "use ignorance to create consciousness"? It seems an odd diversion to take. > If you're only using this as ( consciousness has evolved) evidence that consciousness is possible, Is it evidence that consciousness is possible? I think it is. Is it evidence that consciousness is possible, from only ordinary matter and energy and no divine spark? I think it is. Is that an argument that a constructed machine consciousness is also not ruled out? I think it is. > the fallacy is begging the question, petitio principii. I don't know what you're getting at here, or why.