RE: The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality
March 3, 2012 at 6:21 pm
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2012 at 6:29 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(March 3, 2012 at 10:13 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Really??
Are talking specifically or generally? Because generally I would say that the majority of hominids are nothing more than organic robots.
Yes, I really am serious. In either a predestined or deterministic universe, consciousness has no reason to exist. But consciousness at least has a purpose in a universe that allows freewill. And since the idea of freewill also matches our subjective experience, I'm saying the best default position is freewill.
Rhythm, what kind of magic universe allows an electro-chemical processes to have subjective experience? What possible law governing the universe makes electromagnetic vibrations produce a visual experience and vibrations in air an audible one? Show me one law of physics that includes or describes what life feels like.
