On 12/6/2010 8:54 PM, Rex Allen wrote:
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Bruno Marchal<marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> On 29 Nov 2010, at 05:15, Rex Allen wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Jason Resch<jasonre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Would
>>> you admit then, that a computer which interprets bits the same way as a
>>> brain could be conscious? Isn't this mechanism? Or is your view more
>>> like
>>> the Buddhist idea that there is no thinker, only thought?
>>
>> Right, my view is that there is no thinker, only thought.
>
> Ah! The key point where we differ the most. Person is the key concept for
> those who grasp mechanism and its consequences.
> At least you don't eliminate consciousness, but you do eliminate persons.
> Brr...
http://www.smbc-comics.com/#comic
Brent
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