RE: Sam Harris On Defining Consciousness
August 24, 2015 at 4:54 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2015 at 4:57 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I think that you're essentially asking what practical benefit knowledge brings MH. You could ask that about anything, it needn't be consciousness. You could probably answer that question yourself, of course. Ultimately, an agreement as to defininition facilitates communication (in fact it's just about required...that's how language works) - and here again, you could answer the question of practical benefit, of "the next step" without any input from anyone else.
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