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On 20/05/2021 14:26, Adrian Tymes wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 8:34 AM BillK via
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you see 'red' when it's not red in reality, does this mean
that<br>
the red qualia is just an artefact created by the brain?<br>
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<div>Possibly</div>
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Possibly?<br>
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I disagree. Not 'possibly', absolutely!<br>
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The red quale (along with all other qualia) /has/ to be created by
the brain, what else could it be? A quale can't exist all by itself,
any more than a binary digit can.<br>
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I'd also take issue with the phrase "just an artefact created by the
brain". 'Just'? That word implies some kind of inferior status,
whereas the artefacts created by our brains are some of the (if not
THE) most complex and high-level things that exist in this universe.
Don't denigrate them. They are the pinnacle of existence. So far,
anyway.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Ben Zaiboc</pre>
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