ArisKatsaris comments on Does functionalism imply dualism? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 31 January 2012 04:02:05PM 1 point [-]

"Certain patterns of neuronal excitations feel like green from the inside."

If patterns are not a fundamental part of reality, but merely the mind's mapping of an uncaring territory, why should patterns feel anything from the inside, as opposed to being felt merely from the outside?

By saying that patterns feels something from the inside, you seem to claim that patterns are a part of reality that isn't merely the sum of their parts.

Comment author: lavalamp 31 January 2012 05:15:52PM 0 points [-]

The patterns are an organization of reality that has higher-level meaning to our minds. The meaning, as with everything, is in the interpretation, not the physical atoms.