From: Jeff L Jones (jeff@spoonless.net)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2008 - 15:31:02 MST
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't be mistaken about having what I personally call "experience",
> even if it is different to what you or a computer might mean by that
> term. The only way I could be mistaken if there is some objective
> standard against which putative experiences could be measured, and
> that isn't possible even in theory.
Consider an analogy to what a deeply religious person might say about
God: "There is no way I could be mistaken in my beliefs about God,
because there is no objective standard against which my idea of God
could be measured, and that isn't possible even in theory." I suppose
that's true in a sense, but I would still call someone mistaken if
they believe in something which turns out not to exist.
Jeff
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