[extropy-chat] Fragmentation of computations

Lee Corbin lcorbin at rawbw.com
Tue Mar 27 23:53:55 UTC 2007


>> > It's not about whether or not qualia exist, but about whether the
>> > concept adds anything of value.
>>
>> What about experiences?
> 
> Valid in the context of some system processing some stimuli. Invalid
> when used as if it could have meaning independent of any particular
> instantiation.

To pick a nit, by "having an experience", I think most of us would
mean simply being conscious (as someone said), and this can
happen without stimulation from outside the system.

Lee




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