[extropy-chat] qualia

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 02:03:10PM -0500, gts wrote:
> This is a good discussion of the qualia problem in the philosophy of mind:
> 
> What is it like to be a bat?
> http://members.aol.com/NeoNoetics/Nagel_Bat.html

I don't see a single lost equation in that desert of text. I don't see 
any neuroscience citations, in fact there is no real bibliography but 
a few quirky footnotes.
 
I see a couple of sweeping claims with no evidence
presented, already in the first paragraphs. I've really tried
to read it, but was too disgusted to continue, so I had to quit
halfway through. Sorry. 

(What is it like to be a bat? The question is meaningless, because
it doesn't make sense, unless you're a bat, and you don't understand
such questions, if you're a bat).

Them philosophers are totally bat-guano.

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