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The problem is how any subjective experience relates to the physics of the particles that make up our brains. I feel hungry and so I eat. But how did that feel
by NotYourLawyer 4y ago
The problem is how any subjective experience relates to the physics of the particles that make up our brains.
I feel hungry and so I eat. But how did that feeling cause the result? My brain particles would have done the same thing (because physics) even if I were an unconscious zombie.
- iamerroragent 4y agoBecause feeling hungry stops when you eat? Presumably your body was taught this when you were a child. An unconscious zombie might eat but it would be eating human brains. Generally Cannibalism, especially of neural tissue, can lead to prion disease. The part that separates us from the animals as far as I am aware is language. Here are people that were not raised by humans, they seem to have an inability to adapt to human society if they develop past a certain age without reintegration with humans: https://www.treehugger.com/children-who-were-raised-by-animals-4869172 https://www.treehugger.com/children-who-were-raised-by-anima... I believe Chomsky attributes recursion as a fundamental part of our language: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noam-Chomsky/Philosophy-of-mind-and-human-nature https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noam-Chomsky/Philosophy... And some science suggests the first humans to develop recursive language were twins and their parents couldn't really understand them: https://phys.org/news/2019-08-recursive-language-modern-simultaneously-years.html https://phys.org/news/2019-08-recursive-language-modern-simu...
- NotYourLawyer 4y agoI think you’ve missed the point of the article.