[ExI] Trilemma of Consciousness

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Mon May 29 16:16:03 UTC 2017


. So forget consciousness theories and work on intelligence theories.

​ John K Clark ​  deal  bill w

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:10 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

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