Mark Waser wrote: >> My problem is if qualia are atomic, with no differentiable details, >> why do some "feel" different than others -- shouldn't they all be >> separate but equal? "Red" is relatively neutral, while "searing >> hot" is not. Part of that is certainly lower brain function, below >> the level of consciousness, but that doesn't explain to me why it >> "feels" qualitatively different. If it was just something like >> increased activity (franticness) in response to "searing hot," then >> fine, that could just be something like adrenaline being pumped >> into the system, but there is a subjective feeling that goes beyond >> that. > > Maybe I missed it but why do you assume that because qualia are > atomic that they have no differentiable details? Evolution is, quite > correctly, going to give pain qualia higher priority and less ability > to be shut down than red qualia. In a good representation system, > that means that searing hot is going to be *very* <whatever> and very > tough to ignore.
I thought that was the meaning of atomic as used in the paper. Maybe I got it wrong. ------------------------------------------- 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
