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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 27 June 2014 12:03:24PM 1 point [-]

Cognition is the Easy Problem.

Comment author: Punoxysm 27 June 2014 05:11:49PM 0 points [-]

If I made an in silico simulation of a human brain that could convincingly match human cognition, what would stop you from believing that it was also conscious?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 27 June 2014 05:19:12PM *  1 point [-]

I wouldn't say it wasn't and I wouldn't say it was.

A functional duplicate of a qualiaphile would report qualia, even if it didn't have them, and a functional duplicate of a qualiaphobe would deny it had qualia even if it did.

Eta:

In other words, everything is predictable from who's brain is emulated. We need some other test.