[ExI] Zombie glutamate

[John Clark]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015  Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:

> If all the measurable inputs and outputs are replicated, how is it
> possible that your brain can notice that there has been a change in
> consciousness as a result of the replacement?
>

It's possible, although not probable, because consciousness is not
measurable.

> If there is any effect from what you say are the logically possible
> non-measurable inputs and outputs then they are in fact measurable,
> which is contradictory.


No, that doesn't follow. Consciousness is a effect and I've never met
anybody who claimed it doesn't exist, and yet it is not measurable.

  John K Clark
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