[ExI] Digital Consciousness .

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:51 AM, spike <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
>> I have been pondering why it is that qualia is (are?) difficult to
>> understand, and I now have the insight: it is because there are no
>> equations.
>
> I gave up on "qualia" a while ago.  I assume at this point that it's a
> particular shade of red unicorn.
>
> Watching conversation about qualia is painful.  It's like asking high
> school physics students to disassemble objects to retrieve the center
> of gravity from them.  Very involved processes to "find" the center of
> gravity are devised.  Complex cutting is employed to slice away
> everything that isn't the center of gravity.  Extremely sensitive
> scales are used to weigh each candidate.  In the end everyone is angry
> but nobody can find it.
>
> I do appreciate that 'quale' is homophonic with 'quail' because
> homophones are generally amusing.

It's synonymous with "experience". Do you disbelieve in that as well?


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Stathis Papaioannou