[extropy-chat] against ID

[Emlyn]

No, "feel" is just an information processing term for these guys.
They're zombies, but shush, don't tell them, you don't want to "upset"
them.

btw, has anyone read the Greg Egan short story collection "Axiomatic"?
There are excellent stories in there for anyone into the whole "what
is consciousness" thing. With regards to this thread, the story
"Seeing" helped me to grok how the feeling of "existing" just behind
my eyes is an illusion concocted by the hugely complex information
processing machinery sitting (architecturally) between my senses and
my awareness.

--
Emlyn

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On 23/11/05, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> At 10:53 PM 11/22/2005 -0800, Jeff Davis wrote:
>
> >I've been reading about 'qualia' in
> >numerous posts over the years.  Never could figure out
> >what they were talking about. I feel better now.
>
> Ah, so you're experiencing the quale of "feeling better"?
>
> Damien Broderick
>
>
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