Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious
by dTal on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:00AM
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Do you see a reason why a mechanical arrangement of atoms could feel pain or see color? Because they do.
Scribbles of paper serving as a part of a conscious system is indeed an implausible scenario. You'd need a huge number of pieces of paper, interacting in very interesting ways. It's an example specifically designed to be implausible, and so is a very poor guide for intuition.
Scribbles of paper serving as a part of a conscious system is indeed an implausible scenario. You'd need a huge number of pieces of paper, interacting in very interesting ways. It's an example specifically designed to be implausible, and so is a very poor guide for intuition.