Colin Geoffrey Hales wrote:
>>the fact that
>>intelligent behaviour is third person observable but consciousness is
>>not.
>>
>>Stathis Papaioannou
>
>
> OK. Let me get this straight. Scientist A stares at something, say X,
> with consciousness. A sees X. Scientist A posits evidence of X from a
> third person viewpoint. Scientist A confers with Scientist B. Scientist B
> then goes and stares at X and agrees. Both of these people use
> consciousness to come to this conclusion.
>
> Explicit Conclusion : "Yep, theres an X!"
>
> Yet there's no evidence of consciousness?.... that which literally enabled
> the entire process? There is an assumption at work....
>
> "SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE"
> and
> "CONTENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS"
>
> Are NOT identities.
>
> When you 'stare' at anything at all you have evidence of consciousness.
A SIDWINDER missile 'stares' at the exhaust of a jet aircraft. Does that make it
conscious?
Brent Meeker
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Received on Sat Aug 26 2006 - 19:50:27 PDT