Torgny Tholerus wrote: > Imagine that we have a second Universe, that looks exactly the same as > the materialistic parts of our Universe. We may call this second > Universe B-Universe. (Our Universe is A-Universe.) > > This B-Universe looks exactly the same as A-Universe. Where there is a > hydrogen atom in A-Universe, there will also be a hydrogen atom in > B-Universe, and everywhere that there is an oxygen atom in A-Universe, > there will be an oxygen atom i B-universe. The only difference between > A-Universe and B-Universe is that B-Universe is totally free from > consciousness, feelings, minds, souls, and all that kind of stuff. The > only things that exist in B-Universe are atoms reacting with eachother. > All objects in B-Universe behave in exactly the same way as the objects > in A-Universe. > > The objects in B-Universe produces the same kind of sounds as we produce > in A-Universe, and the objects in B-Universe pushes the same buttons on > their computers as we do in our A-Universe. > > Questions: > > Is B-Universe possible? > If we interview an object in B-Universe, what will that object answer, > if we ask it: "Are you conscious?"? > > So far as I know, consciousness is some processes in (at least some) human brains. Since B-universe would have brains with the same processes, I'd say those objects would answer, "Yes." with the same likelihood as in this universe - in other words I don't think there's any difference between the A-universe and the B-universe.
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