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Capla comments on Can science come to understand consciousness? A problem of philosophical zombies (Yes, I know, P-zombies again.) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Capla 19 November 2014 10:05:16PM 1 point [-]

We're reasonably certain, for example, that smoking causes cancer.

We can identify cancer and make a distinction between cancer and the absence of cancer. We might be wrong sometimes, but an autopsy is pretty reliable, at least after the fact. The same cannot be said of conciseness, since it is in nature (NOT IN CAUSE) non-physical. I realize that I need demonstrate this. That may take some time to write up.