Spirits (was RE: [extropy-chat] Qualia Bet.)

[gts]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:25:48 -0500, John K Clark <jonkc at att.net> wrote:

> "gts" <gts_2000 at yahoo.com>
>
>> We can infer that Many acquired new knowledge because she will say
>> something like, "Aha! So that's red what looks like! I know something  
>> new!"
>
> Yes, Mary has made a discover and is experiencing new sensations...

Yes.

> she has discovered that light does not always consist of a mix of  
> wavelengths between 7000 and 4000 angstroms but can consist of 7000  
> exclusively.

No. She already knew that. Mary knew everything possible about every  
related branch of science, then stepped into the world of color and  
learned something new.

-gts