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TheAncientGeek comments on The AI in Mary's room - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 29 May 2016 12:50:43PM *  -2 points [-]

The relevance is physicalism.

If physicalism is the claim that everything, has a physical explanation, then the inability to understand what pain is without being in pain is a contradiction to it. I don' think anyone here believes that physicalism is an unmportamt issue.

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 29 May 2016 01:36:54PM 0 points [-]

I'm arguing that there's no contradiction and that this inability is just a limit of humans/organic brains, not a fundamental fact about pain or information.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 29 May 2016 03:12:51PM *  0 points [-]

If you want to argue to that conclusion, then arge for it: What kind of limit? Where does it come from?