<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Hello old friend Stathis. You understand me on this subject probably better than anyone here. We discussed these issues at length back some 4-5 years ago. I think I am experiencing deja vu.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp@gmail.com>
wrote:</span><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">> That's where you're wrong. If we could simulate a brain we could</span><br></div><div class="y_msg_container" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">simulate part of a brain. We could replace your visual cortex with an<br>artificial visual cortex, for example, that reproduces the I/O<br>behaviour of your biological cortex. If the I/O behaviour is<br>reproduced, than the rest of your brain will
behave normally as it<br>receives the same inputs.<</div><div class="y_msg_container" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Granted, it does seem possible to create simulated digital sensory inputs to the mind/brain, as in your example of an artificial visual cortex.. But then we can also wear sunglasses to change our visual inputs. Are we supposed to think sunglasses are conscious? </div><div class="y_msg_container"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What if I implanted a physical </span>calculator<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> in my head to do math for me? I could hook it up to all the right "math willing" neurons to do the job for me. I'm pretty sure the calculator would give me the right answers, but that I would have nothing to do with the calculations. It would not
be much different from holding the calculator in my hand, except that I would be pushing the buttons with my thoughts alone.</span><br><br></div><div class="y_msg_container" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">-Gordon<br> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>