On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 12:12:07PM +1100, Colin Geoffrey Hales wrote:
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> My paper proves zombies can't do science. You have all said that the UD is
> not conscious. This is another way of saying that any creatures within
> (computed by) a UD have no consciousness. The UD is therefore a zombie
> realm. Hence computationalism is false. Yes?
Not at all. We would also say the the universe is not conscious. But
that doesn't mean that there aren't some conscious creatures located within the
universe.
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Received on Thu Nov 23 2006 - 20:26:17 PST