gjm comments on The Generalized Anti-Zombie Principle - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alex_Arendar 03 December 2015 03:54:41PM 0 points [-]

And if the tiny gravitational pull of the littlw 1 gram switch can turn off the consciousness then imagine what would happen in the crowded city when a large lorry loaded with 20 tons of lead moved accross that city :) People will go zombiiiiiies and that would be a total chaos.

Comment author: gjm 03 December 2015 06:07:09PM 2 points [-]

Nope, because the notion of "zombie" here is a weird one cooked up by philosophers with the property that whether someone is a zombie has no effect at all on how they behave. So there would be exactly the same amount of chaos as before the switch or lorry had its effect.

Comment author: Alex_Arendar 03 December 2015 06:55:19PM 0 points [-]

yes, you are right