[ExI] Digital Consciousness .

[Kelly Anderson]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Brent Allsop
<brent.allsop at canonizer.com>wrote:

> The prediction is, you will not be able to replace any single neuron, or
> even large sets of neurons that are the neural correlates of a redness
> quality, without also replacing significant portions of the rest of the
> system that is aware of what that redness experience is like.
>

Woah Brent, is this your prediction, or that of someone else? Replacing a
single neuron is going to change the qualia of redness? Really? You can't
replace a single neuron without losing something? You better not play
soccer, you risk losing your consciousness.

Saying something like this undercuts your credibility Brent.

You absolutely can replace small parts of the brain without changing how
the person feels. Ask anyone with a cochlear implant. This is a silly
claim.

-Kelly
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