[ExI] Trilemma of Consciousness

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 10:44 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 7:49 PM, William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Tell me we are not going to have an infinite regress here.  Now we have
>> to define intelligent behavior.
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> ​You're *ALWAYS* going to have ​
> infinite regress
> ​ if you insist on sticking with definitions. Definitions are made of
> words, and all those words have their own definitions also made of words,
> and on and on we go for infinity. That's why I say examples are far FAR
> more important than definitions;
>  intelligent behavior
> ​is what Einstein did and rocks didn't.​
>
>  John K Clark
>

​All very true, but the only example you will give is yourself for
consciousness.  Solipsistic.  We need examples that can be measured - ain't
science otherwise.

bill w​

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