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Comment author: somervta 24 August 2013 02:51:42PM *  2 points [-]

Would whole brain emulations would be conscious?

First, is this question meaningful? (eliminativists or others who think the OP makes an invalid assumption should probably say 'No' here, if they respond at all)

If yes, what is your probability assignment? (read this as being conditioned on a yes to the above question - i.e: if there was uncertainty in your answer, don't factor it in to your answer to this question)

And lastly, What is the probability that a randomly selected normally functioning human (Not sleeping, no neurological damage etc) is conscious?

EDIT: I've added a third question. As of this edit, the answers to the first two are:

Yes 13 (68%)

No 6 (32%)

Total 19 (100%)

Probability: Mean 0.743 Median 0.9 Total votes 15

Submitting...

Comment author: Armok_GoB 24 August 2013 07:44:18PM 2 points [-]

This poll is meaningless without also collecting the probability that a randomly chosen biological human, or whatever else you are comparing to, has it.

Comment author: somervta 25 August 2013 07:49:45AM 2 points [-]

Done.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 25 August 2013 08:31:46PM 2 points [-]

The questions are good now... but the correlation isn't actually used in the answers it shows. Which was kinda the point but I guess I should have realized was impossible with how polls work technically here.

Comment author: mfb 24 August 2013 08:17:38PM 1 point [-]

I guess we can answer question 2 under the condition that the majority of humans falls under the definition of conscious, and we don't require 24/7 consciousness from the brain emulation.

Comment author: lavalamp 26 August 2013 11:22:44PM 1 point [-]

I would prefer that the first question ask for a probability instead of a binary yes/no.

Comment author: Document 24 August 2013 04:00:45PM 1 point [-]

High enough that it's not worth reading a nine-paragraph post just to have the proper context to answer the poll.

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