Perplexed comments on Minimum computation and data requirements for consciousness. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 24 August 2010 02:13:12PM 12 points [-]

I confess, I am lost. It seems we are in an arguments as soldiers situation in which everyone is shooting at everyone else. To recap:

  • You said "we can never “know for sure” that an entity is actually experiencing consciousness". (Incidentally, I agree.)
  • Cousin_it criticised, comparing you to Kelvin.
  • You responded, pointing out that the Kelvin quote is odd, given what we suspect Kelvin knew (Why did you do this?)
  • I suggest the Kelvin quote was maybe not so odd, given his misconceptions (Why did I do this???)
  • You point out that people today (what people?) have misconceptions as severe as Kelvin's.

This is either a rhetorical master stroke, or just random lashing out. I can't tell. I am completely lost. WTF is going on?