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Re:After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to ... by Sharlin on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:42PM (#9840836)
Yes, this is the "weak" position. The original definition of a P-zombie is an entity that really does have no qualia, that is, subjective experience or "consciousness", but behaves exactly like it did, down to the neuronal level. It is a thought experiment and can be used as a reductio ad absurdum to argue that eg. uploads still have qualia.

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