[ExI] Do digital computers feel?

[John Clark]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> A. The brain is a system made of parts.
> B. Each part interacts with neighbouring parts.
> C. If you replace one part with a different part that interacts with its
> neighbours in the same way, then the system as a whole will behave in the
> same way.
> D. If the part you replaced were essential for qualia, then the qualia
> would change but the behaviour would not.
> E. Think about what it would mean if (D) were true.
>

​Among other things it would mean Charles Darwin was wrong because part of
a biological structure (the brain) did not come about from random mutation
and natural selection. I don't think Charles Darwin was wrong.

 John K Clark ​
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