RE: why do we enjoy poetry From the perspective of neuroscience?
January 7, 2019 at 12:27 pm
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2019 at 12:30 pm by Angrboda.)
(January 7, 2019 at 12:20 pm)Dmitry1983 Wrote:(January 7, 2019 at 12:16 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: I'm not going to comment on that as it's irrelevant to my request. What is your evidence that a robot-like p-zombie would be just as good at survival?
By definition of p-zombie their behavior is identical to conscious humans. So from evolutionary point of view there is no need for subjective experience.
Okay, that simply shifts the question without altering the substance any. What evidence do you have that a p-zombie would have behavior identical to humans? If you're simply defining a being to existence, then I'm not impressed. That would be nothing more than an assertion that a being without consciousness could have the same behavior as a conscious being, and is little more than begging the question. I'm interested in what evidence you have that a consciousness serves no function that would differentiate the behavior of a p-zombie from that of a conscious human being. Simply assuming that it serves no such function is pointless.