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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computationalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computationalism It's a very common worldview among the tech set. Edit: Uh, d
by lordlic 5y ago
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computationalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computationalism
It's a very common worldview among the tech set.
Edit: Uh, downvotes, really? I think it's totally reasonable to assume this as a given since it's, like, pretty obviously true. If anything the parent needs to provide their own extraordinary evidence for why consciousness would be non-computable. I'm just trying to provide some context for them to read up more on some stuff that apparently everyone but them (who has given it any thought) already knows about.
- tremon 5y agoYou're merely repeating the GP's assertion, and completely ignoring the parent's request for corroborating evidence. What you hold as self-evident is still just your anecdata, and cannot be extrapolated to "the tech set", unless the tech set includes only you.
- lordlic 5y agoI'm just pointing out that it's a common belief (and it is, your ignorance notwithstanding) and giving them the search term to read more if they're interested. What's so difficult to understand about this? And it's the philosophy of mind; there's not really "corroborating evidence" to present so much as there are logical arguments that you need to read up on yourself.
- karaterobot 5y agoDownvoted because the commenter asked for evidence, and you just provided a definition. The statement that it's "obviously true" is not evidence, or even an argument. If I said it's "obviously not true", would you consider yourself refuted? Probably not.