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A comment on Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute. Parent comment

Re:Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute by lomnakkus on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:11PM (#14267241)
Eh? Many mental illnesses would be classified as causing "suffering", yet the don't require nerves.
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Re:Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute by dragonwriter on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:37PM (#14267996)
Name one mental illness, or any other state besides death, in humans that does not require nerves.
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Re:Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute by TeMPOraL on Thursday May 04, 2017 @05:12PM (#14268876)
s/nerves/nerves transmitting pain signals/, and the point still stands.
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Re:Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute by lomnakkus on Friday May 05, 2017 @04:42PM (#14276694)
Indeed, I took that as a given, given the language of the poster I responded to.
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