[ExI] Strong AI Hypothesis: logically flawed

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 15:55:00 UTC 2014


On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:58 AM, William Flynn Wallace
<foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Now we have the nub, I think. I am a physical monist, so if there are no
> cells there is no consciousness.  You sound like a dualist who thinks that
> consciousness is not a physical thing.  If so we are arguing at cross
> purposes.
> Do you think you'd be conscious inside a hard drive?  Conscious of what?
> Certainly no senses.  Just your thoughts?

dems fightin words

i'd say more of a duelist than dualist  :)



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