[extropy-chat] effing

[Acy Stapp]

Ahh, but he would not be like me. He would be unable to reflect on his
percepts and this distinguishing factor would be quite noticeable.

Me: "Nice Day, isn't it?"
He: "Huh?"
Me: "It's lovely out. I'm so glad winter is here."
He: "What?"

And so forth :)

On 12/6/05, gts <gts_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:20:56 -0500, Acy Stapp <acy.stapp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I wish I had a reference, but there are some people who are blind
> > because of brain injury who can make decisions about objects in their
> > field of view who do not have any conscious visual perception.
>
> Exactly. We're referring here to the same phenomenon.
>
> Imagine a person who had this sort of "blind-sight" for all his senses,
> such that he could hear without experiencing sound, taste without
> experiencing flavor, feel without experiencing tactile sensations, etc.
> This person would seem no different from a normal person. If you
> encountered him on the street you would think he was just like you, but
> unlike you he would have no inner life.
>
> -gts
--
Acy Stapp

"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think
only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the
solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -- R. Buckminster
Fuller (1895 - 1983)