[ExI] A paper that actually does solve the problem of consciousness

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Sun Nov 16 03:35:41 UTC 2008


At 07:18 PM 11/15/2008 -0700, Brent wrote:

>First, whatever it is we discover that has this red phenomenal 
>property, the theory predicts, will reliably always produce the same 
>sensation no matter what mind it is in, no matter where in the 
>visual field it is, no matter when...

If you start with a primitive as demonstrably false as that, your 
whole model collapses without further ado. But maybe you didn't 
really mean what you just claimed. If you did, that a look at some of 
the visual effects where context and perceptual codes create effed 
image constructs that *are perceived* as drastically different even 
though they are identical. For example:

<http://www.illusion-optical.com/Optical-Illusions/ColorFlag.php>

Bzzzzzt. 




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