torekp comments on L-zombies! (L-zombies?) - Less Wrong

21 Post author: Benja 07 February 2014 06:30PM

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Comment author: torekp 08 February 2014 03:35:02PM 0 points [-]

Why would l-zombies be impossible? Can you provide links to some arguments?

Comment author: lmm 09 February 2014 03:43:36PM 1 point [-]

Because the concept is incoherent. In particular there's no (empirical) way to distinguish between an l-zombie and a normal person - by definition, an l-zombie acts exactly like a normal person. Or put another way, I assert that you're already an l-zombie.

Comment author: torekp 09 February 2014 08:52:46PM *  0 points [-]

Thanks for explaining. However, an l-zombie would act exactly like a normal person (would actually be a normal person, even) if it physically existed somewhere and did stuff. But it doesn't, by definition of "l-zombie". I think trist and satt and learnmethis are making similar points to what I am trying to say here, in their comments. If I have failed to explain my objection adequately, those comments might help.