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I like your computer analogy because it's easy to reason about. Surely a powered-down computer is not conscious. So if consciousness has an off switch, then it'
by millstone 12y ago
I like your computer analogy because it's easy to reason about. Surely a powered-down computer is not conscious. So if consciousness has an off switch, then it's not immanent (inherent) to organization.
Koch compares consciousness to the electric charge of an electron. But the electric charge has no off switch!
- sebastianconcpt 12y ago"But the electric charge has no off switch!" Exactly. And "consciousness is computation" is an hypothesis that does not really work.
- kazinator 12y ago> * And "consciousness is computation" is an hypothesis that does not really work.* Why not? All of reality might be a computation.