[ExI] Bringing new life to dead matter

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Sat Jun 9 15:31:27 UTC 2012


On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Ben Zaiboc  wrote:
> An idea can exist, but that doesn't mean that the thing it represents must be able
> to exist, or even make any sense (look at religion for abundant examples of that!).
>  As the phrase 'philosophical zombie' effectively means 'something which isn't what
> it is', or looked at another way, something which can't, even in principle, be distinguished
> from an identical thing that isn't one, I think it's safe to say that there are not, and
> never will be, such things as philosophical zombies.
>
>

I have to say that all the zombies I've met don't seem to be very philosophical.

You can't have very deep discussions while they are trying to eat your brains.

BillK




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