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A strong hint this is the case is the fact that nobody can define consciousness.
by dboreham 13d ago
A strong hint this is the case is the fact that nobody can define consciousness.
- estearum 13d agoWhy would the impossibility of defining consciousness suggest that it's not a big deal?
- groby_b 13d agoBecause it's completely dwarfed by florpedness. I can't define that either, but I just know it's more important. Less facetiously: A debate of the importance of something needs a shared understanding of what is being debated. Without that, any discussion is merely people shouting that their belief is the right one, and the others are the heathens/idiots - because there isn't even agreement on what is debated.
- estearum 13d agoI'm not asking for a definition of consciousness or an argument for whether it's here or there. I'm asking why the heuristic of "if X is undefinable, then X probably doesn't matter" is a reasonable heuristic.