Your pain qualia argument reminds me of an interesting thought experiment - [the 500 million year button](https://danspub.quora.com/The-500-million-year-button-A-Japanese-existential-horror).
Once this story became popular among people in my country (most of whom are not interested in the philosophy of mind), I was surprised that many people chose to press the button for the money. It got me thinking that there are two distinct groups of people that don't share the core intuition about mind.
I wonder if this lines up with camp 1/camp 2 distinction? It makes sense to me that camp 1 folks would be more likely to press the button - it fits with their way of thinking.
Also, I'm curious about how to model... (read more)
Your pain qualia argument reminds me of an interesting thought experiment - [the 500 million year button](https://danspub.quora.com/The-500-million-year-button-A-Japanese-existential-horror).
Once this story became popular among people in my country (most of whom are not interested in the philosophy of mind), I was surprised that many people chose to press the button for the money. It got me thinking that there are two distinct groups of people that don't share the core intuition about mind.
I wonder if this lines up with camp 1/camp 2 distinction? It makes sense to me that camp 1 folks would be more likely to press the button - it fits with their way of thinking.
Also, I'm curious about how to model... (read more)