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Originally Posted by David I thought it was commonly accepted that foetuses can feel pain towards the end of pregnancy. However, this is totally irrelevant, because the simulation can start with your brain exactly as it is - with a life time of conditioning - combine it with various inputs, and generate an output. This process is really checking a theorem, and it seems pretty nonsensical to expect it to be conscious! |
Why? Perhaps if you define what you mean by
conscious we could make some progress.
But regarding where the consciousness is, I'll make a deal with you: I'll agree that a dormant computer program and its data, sitting on a shelf, is conscious if you'll agree that a human in an induced coma is conscious.
~~ Paul