Re: Uploading and Consciousness (was: electronic intelligence and ethics)

From: QueeneMUSE@aol.com
Date: Thu Feb 24 2000 - 12:45:48 MST


In a message dated 2/24/2000 11:24:39 AM Pacific Standard Time,
vxs@mailandnews.com writes:

<< Consciousness is not some magic thing
 which floats around waiting to be embodied in one brain or another. It is a
 result, in your current organic brain, of a set of neurons performing some
 operation. >>

That's like saying the meal is a result of the stove heating up the pot!

You're forgetting a whole series of chemical reactions - sometimes called
"the soup'.



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