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I wanted to like this, but IIT just seems like a lot of hand-waving. "to hypothesize that a physical system is “conscious” if and only if it has a large value
by andyjohnson0 12y ago
I wanted to like this, but IIT just seems like a lot of hand-waving.
"to hypothesize that a physical system is “conscious” if and only if it has a large value of Φ"
By this measure, would a long mathematical proof or an orchestral symphony be conscious? If so, how does this actually help us understand how subjectivity relates (or doesn't) to all this?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_proofs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_proofs