Re: Asifism

From: Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 15:54:35 +1000

On 02/06/07, Brent Meeker <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden> wrote:

> Which implies you really are conscious, because otherwise why would
> > evolution have gone to the trouble of making *me* conscious if it could
> > have got away without it?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Stathis Papaioannou
>
> How do you know it was "trouble" - maybe it's a probable spandrel, or
> maybe it's even a necessary effect.


That was the point I was trying to make: if it was any trouble, we wouldn't
have it. So it probably is a spandrel or necessary side-effect of
conscious-like behaviour.

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Stathis Papaioannou
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Received on Sat Jun 02 2007 - 01:54:46 PDT