On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> According to Bruno we can look at how it works and conclude it's not a > universal computer and it's certainly not Lobian, so we conclude it's not > conscious. This accords with the common intuition that something conscious > has to be pretty complex and have memory at a minimum. I know a guy who > studies neuroscience and cognition who won't eat anything with a cerebral > cortex. What about the idea that a thermostat is conscious and feels hot and cold in its simple way? How would you devise an experiment to prove or disprove that? -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
