Josh> On Saturday 16 June 2007 07:20:27 pm Matt Mahoney wrote: >> --- Bo Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > I haven't kept up with this thread. But I wanted to counter the >> idea of a > simple ordering of painfulness. Josh> .... >> Can you give me an example? >>
Josh> Anyone who has played a competitive sport can tell you that Josh> there are lots of different kinds of pain, and that some are Josh> "good" and some are "bad", and some are just obnoxious but to be Josh> overcome. You can't succeed at any level without being able to Josh> supress pain for higher goals, but you won't last long if you Josh> ignore the wrong kind. I claim that it is the very fact that you are making decisions about whether to supress pain for higher goals that is the reason you are conscious of pain. Your consciousness is the computation of a top-level decision making module (or perhaps system). If you were not making decisions waying (nuanced) pain against higher goals, you would not be conscious of the pain. Josh> Even a simplistic modular model of mind can allow for pain Josh> signals to the various modules which can be different in kind Josh> depending on which module they are reporting to. Josh> Josh Josh> ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: Josh> http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your Josh> options, please go to: Josh> http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
