Re:Making the hard problem of consciousness easier
by antonvs on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:42PM
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The paper isn't quite as directly about what the title says as I might have liked, but since it's a mostly serious academic paper it probably can't be.
It does contain some gems though, like:
> In spite of his claim to have "long claimed" that the conceivability of zombies is only apparent, one suspects that it is non-zombic humans that Dennett finds if not inconceivable, then unendurable. [...] Zombies are perfect for Dennett! If the human world turned out to be populated only by them, his troubles would be over. Non-zombic humans, by contrast, are a nightmare for Dennett.
It's also a serious but short look at the topic, which I found useful.
It does contain some gems though, like:
> In spite of his claim to have "long claimed" that the conceivability of zombies is only apparent, one suspects that it is non-zombic humans that Dennett finds if not inconceivable, then unendurable. [...] Zombies are perfect for Dennett! If the human world turned out to be populated only by them, his troubles would be over. Non-zombic humans, by contrast, are a nightmare for Dennett.
It's also a serious but short look at the topic, which I found useful.