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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Maybe we can perform the "Mary's Room" thought experiment - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 14 April 2015 09:06:04PM 2 points [-]

One problem with the experiment is that Mary will not see like other people see when she gets outside of her BW room. As experiments with cats raised in specially colored (striped if I recall correctly) rooms show the visual system can be largely rewired. Mary may experience something unusual but that will be entirely different from what a normal person perceives.