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>A simulation of a hurricane is not a hurricane If we simulated a hurricane by somehow inducing a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms over w
by ribosometronome 6mo ago
>A simulation of a hurricane is not a hurricane
If we simulated a hurricane by somehow inducing a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms over warm tropical waters with wind speeds over 75+ mph, the difference could end up being fairly unimportant to those in the simulation's path.
Computer simulations of hurricanes obviously lack those important properties of what makes something a hurricane. I'm not so sure that the same would apply to something as abstract and difficult to define as consciousness.
- GMoromisato 6mo agoAgreed! The paper is not explicit about how to distinguish between a simulation and the real thing, and that's how it gets into trouble. With consciousness, the extra difficulty is that we can't distinguish via observable evidence. With a hurricane, we can measure wind-speed and track insurance claims to distinguish between simulation and the real thing. How do we do that with consciousness? What is the observable effect of consciousness?