(January 13, 2023 at 10:14 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:(January 13, 2023 at 9:22 am)GrandizerII Wrote: If consciousness is an inevitable (but otherwise unnecessary from an evolutionary perspective) by-product of the workings of something complex like the brain, then evolution would still carry on, albeit with this practically unnecessary by-product called consciousness tagging along for the ride.Subjective experience seems to be too complex to be just a by-product. We can't even reproduce a single artificial quale.
Some very clever philosophers have made some very clever arguments that qualia either don’t exist or are a null concept. If they’re correct, this would explain why we can’t reproduce artificial qualia.
Boru
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