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Originally Posted by David The reverse process - creating a mental world by purely physical means - seems unlikely to be achieved. |
If you say so. I see no reason to imagine the entire physical world simpler to conjure up than the human mental world.
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Qualia for paramecia only implies qualia for thermostats if you take the view that life is just complex chemistry. The fact that consciousness seems to go seamlessly right down to the most primitive life forms (I don't know about plants) rather suggests to me that the two are intimately connected.
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It doesn't go down that deep at all. Why do you think paramecia are conscious in any way like humans?
~~ Paul