[ExI] The alleged existence of consciousness

[John Clark]

On Feb 20, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Dave Sill wrote:

> Who knows? If zombism is possible, maybe we just got lucky that we
> ended up with consciousness.

Even if we got lucky it wouldn't last because consciousness would have no adaptive value so we would soon lose it through genetic drift, just as animals in dark caves lose their eyes.

 John K Clark

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