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The Philosophy of Mind: Zombies, "radical emergence" and evidence of non-experiential
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RE: The Philosophy of Mind: Zombies, "radical emergence" and evidence of non-experiential
(April 21, 2018 at 10:28 am)Khemikal Wrote: Moths navigation is a prime example of this, despite being pointed to as a counterfactual.  The phenomenon is know as transverse orientation.  Though it could be that the chemical composition of some light sources release compound analogs to moth pheromone..as it does for some species and some light sources.  Or maybe it's both of these things and some other thing, or, in specific species neither of these things and some other thing (caveat emptor).  It's not the only behavior that seems counterproductive in a changing environment.

Thanks for strawmanning but proving my actual point (as always). The navigation is useful but the byproduct of suiciding yourself is useless. In the same way, the brain is useful but consciousness is a useless byproduct.
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RE: The Philosophy of Mind: Zombies, "radical emergence" and evidence of non-experiential - by Edwardo Piet - April 21, 2018 at 10:39 am

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