thomblake comments on Framing Consciousness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 08 May 2009 02:41:54PM 0 points [-]

Point 1. The existence (and maybe degree) of conscious/subjective experiences is an objective question.

Justification: if you feel a human possesses as much consciousness as a rock or the number three, stop reading now. This concludes the "proof by anthropic principle" or "by quantum immortality" for those still reading.

I don't follow this justification, and I'm not sure where "stop reading now" gets you. Also, there are definitely panpsychists out there (Ben Goertzel and Luciano Floridi come to mind) and I'm not sure why your discussion must exclude them.

Comment author: cousin_it 08 May 2009 02:48:12PM *  0 points [-]

Please note the mention of the number three. Do panpsychists think it possesses consciousness just like us? If not, I'm not excluding them.

But anyway, the post now seems to me completely wrong - see the update at the top.

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