[ExI] Trilemma of Consciousness

[John Clark]

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:49 AM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com
> wrote:

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>> ​>> ​
>> You're *ALWAYS* going to have ​
>> infinite regress
>> ​ if you insist on sticking with definitions. Definitions are made of
>> words, and all those words have their own definitions also made of words,
>> and on and on we go for infinity. That's why I say examples are far FAR
>> more important than definitions;
>>  intelligent behavior
>> ​is what Einstein did and rocks didn't.​
>>
>
> ​> ​
> ​All very true, but the only example you will give is yourself for
> consciousness.
>

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That's because I only have one example of consciousness, I suspect you only
have one example too but It's logically possible
​ ​
you have zero examples.

​> ​
> Solipsistic.
>

​Yes.​



> ​> ​
> We need examples that can be measured
>

​That would be nice, but it's never going to happen.​


> ​> ​
> - ain't science otherwise.
>

​
And that's why all the consciousness blather on the internet
​ ​
ain't science. So forget consciousness theories and work on intelligence
theories.

​ John K Clark ​
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