[extropy-chat] Atheism in Decline: meme map

[Jeff Medina]

On Mon,  7 Mar 2005 16:20:01 -0800 (PST), "Hal Finney" <hal at finney.org> wrote:
> Chalmers concluded that consciousness is impossible unless the universe is full
> of particles with "proto-consciousness".  Then the combination of these
> proto-consciousnesses leads to the consciousness of our brain, in somewhat
> the same way that a large object has mass by virtue of being composed
> of small particles that each have a tiny bit of mass.  This does not
> explain though why our brains are conscious, but not our stomachs or
> livers (or perhaps they are conscious, but lack mouths to speak with).

FYI, Chalmers is a functionalist regarding why our brains are
conscious and our stomachs are not.