[ExI] Science or Scientism?

[Will Steinberg]

On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 6:12 PM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 5:46 PM Stuart LaForge <avant at sollegro.com> wrote:
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>> *Actually this experiment has already been done, and interestingly
>> enough, not only would you be conscious, you would be conscious of your
>> missing toe. Its called phantom limb syndrome.*
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> If you don't use my axiom the phantom limb syndrome tell you nothing
> about consciousness, all it tells you is if you cut off somebody's toe
> sometimes they make noises with their mouth that sounds like "I don't have
> a toe but it hunts anyway".
>

Quite a dreary way of thinking.
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