On Feb 20, 2008 6:13 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The possibility of mind uploading to computers strictly depends on > functionalism being true; if it isn't then you may as well shoot > yourself in the head as undergo a destructive upload. Functionalism > (invented, and later repudiated, by Hilary Putnam) is philosophy of > mind if anything is philosophy of mind, and the majority of cognitive > scientists are functionalists. Are you still happy asserting that it's > all bunk? >
Philosophy is in most cases very inefficient, hence wasteful. It puts very much into building its theoretical constructions, few of which are useful for understainding reality. It might be fun for those who like this kind of thing, but it is a bad tool. -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=96140713-a54b2b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
