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47 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 April 2008 09:55AM

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Comment author: anonymous7 04 April 2008 12:45:45PM 0 points [-]

"We've already found the flaw."

What exactly is the logical flaw you've found? The zombie argument tells among other things that there can be no test that will tell if a person is really conscious or just a zombie. You might "know" that you're conscious yourself, but there can be no rational argument that proves this.

"What real reasons? I don't see any." If Zombie Worlds are possible, we might be living in it and therefore there can be no argument that proves otherwise. Your brain assumes that you have qualia, but I make no such assumption.

Comment author: bigjeff5 03 February 2011 06:42:05AM *  3 points [-]

The zombie argument tells among other things that there can be no test that will tell if a person is really conscious or just a zombie.

I believe you just found the flaw.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.