[ExI] Bringing new life to dead matter

[Stefano Vaj]

On 6 June 2012 08:30, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK... maybe I'm defining consciousness more in terms of "self
> awareness"... I don't know how self awareness is related to
> consciousness, but when I think of consciousness, that's sort of the
> kind of thing that pops into my head. And no, I do not think that a
> switch is self aware. Plants? I dunno.
>

I submit that in fact one *never* knows in any rigorous sense.

AFAIK, the world might be populated by philosophical zombies. Human
zombies, animal zombies, plant zombies.

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Stefano Vaj
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