[extropy-chat] Qualia Bet.

[gts]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 03:03:54 -0500, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:

>> To me insects look like little flying cameras.
>
> You need way more bits to describe an insect than a camera obscura.

Of course, but the difference between an insect and a flying camera seems  
only a matter of those extra bits. The difference seems quantitative, not  
qualitative.

Ignoring the difference in materials, a tiny fly-shaped camera equipped  
with wings and some programming would be, I think, indistinguishable from  
a real insect.

And presumably real insects experience qualia. Why do they have eyes if  
not to see?

-gts