--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is equivalent to your prediction #2 where connecting the output > > of neurons that respond to the sound of a cello to the input of > > neurons that respond to red would cause a cello to sound red. We > > should expect the effect to be temporary. > > > > I'm not sure how this demonstrates consciousness. How do you test > > that the subject actually experiences redness at the sound of a > > cello, rather than just behaving as if experiencing redness, for > > example, claiming to hear red? > > You misunderstand the experiment in a very intersting way! > > This experiment has to be done on the *skeptic* herself! > > The prediction is that if *you* get your brain rewired, > *you* will experience this.
How do you know what I experience, as opposed to what I claim to experience? That is exactly the question you started with, so you haven't gotten anywhere. I don't need proof that I experience things. I already have that belief programmed into my brain. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com