Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism

Re:Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism by jhanschoo on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:57AM (#22045971)

> So the question is, this simulated brain, which is behaving very similarly indeed to a biological brain: does it have consciousness? Does it feel?

I think there are more easily accessible examples that investigate this problem closer. Are animals conscious? How about children? How about very slow people?

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Re:Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism by dilap on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:05PM (#22046768)

So me it seems intuitively obvious that the answers are yes, yes, and yes. Even ants seem to have some sort of consciousness to me.

But of course it's completely unknowable. Maybe every other single creature on earth is just an unfeeling automaton, and only I feel.

But I doubt it. ;-)

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Re:Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism by nprateem on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:23PM (#22046941)

That's exactly the sort of thing I'd expect an unfeeling automaton to write -- or even believe -- to try to trick me into thinking it has feelings

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Re:Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about panpsychism by awb on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:02PM (#22046737)

Or better: when does an embryo become conscious?

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