[extropy-chat] Consciousness is a process in multi-dimensionaltime.

John K Clark jonkc at att.net
Thu Dec 15 18:45:37 UTC 2005


  Brent Allsop Wrote:

> Interesting idea about physical existence without having 
> any causal  property.

No not really.

> Isn't it possible that you could have two physical objects - both a 
> particular atom or something that can be causally completely 
> indistinguishable from the other.

Then how do you know you have two physical objects and not one?

> if one atom had a different "phenomenal" property than the
> other atom (say  one was red and the other green)

But I can tell red from green so the atoms must have CAUSED a
difference in my brain. I thought you said they were "causally 
completely indistinguishable from the other".

John K Clark
 





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