Re: Miscellaneous ideas, for what they're worth.

From: <hal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:02:56 -0800

Saj Malhi, <sajm.domain.name.hidden>, writes:
> Let's try to establish a few cogent premisses. I realise you probably =
> won't agree with them all, but I'd be interested to know why:
> [...]
> 2]. Consciousness is neither dependent upon nor implied by memory (a man =
> suffering from amnesia is no less conscious than a man who remembers =
> every detail of his life).

But someone who had no memory, who forget every event the instant it
happened, would not seem to be conscious. At least, such a kind of
mind is so different from my own that I would hesitate to say that it
was conscious in the way that I am. To me, being able to have some
continuity from moment to moment seems to be a fundamental aspect of
my consciousness.

Hal
Received on Sun Jan 31 1999 - 16:11:03 PST