[ExI] Coherent vs. Incoherent Fears of Being Uploaded

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Sat Jan 23 17:19:26 UTC 2010


On 22 January 2010 00:37, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/1/22 Gordon Swobe <gts_2000 at yahoo.com>:
>> Some people seem to deny the existence of consciousness and thus their own experiences of life in what look to me like vain attempts to escape the conclusion that humans might have something computers do not have. I don't have much to say to them.
>
> I agree that these people can't really deny the existence of
> consciousness. They must be meaning something other than what it looks
> like, or being provocative.

Yes, this may the reason why you two like so much discussing between you... :-)

I assume that on the contrary most people do not consider
consciousness as something much more special or "noumenically
existing" than, say, sleep.

-- 
Stefano Vaj



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