From: Chris Capel (pdf23ds@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Jul 23 2005 - 08:38:56 MDT
Oops. My finger slipped and I sent my mail before a final read.
On 7/23/05, Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:
> As the alien lets the human leech of a few of the alien's neurons,
as in, "lets the human occupy a little corner of his mind"
> time passes, and the alien becomes more familiar with the process of
> reading the mind of the human, eventually the alien begins to develop
This should read "... human. Eventually ...".
> I suppose one could view this as an argument against qualia, but I see
> it only as an argument against non-reductionism.
Actually, I think it could be made into such an argument, but I didn't
go this far.
> P.S. This reply is a bit late, as the gmail web interface ate my
> draft.
And now this! I think this mail was cursed.
Chris Capel
-- "What is it like to be a bat? What is it like to bat a bee? What is it like to be a bee being batted? What is it like to be a batted bee?" -- The Mind's I (Hofstadter, Dennet)
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