(May 29, 2013 at 5:58 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Nobody yet has explained why a machine that functions exactly like the brain, but without subjective awareness, couldn't perform all the same evolutionary functions.
We are not yet in a position to determine if this is true or not. It mat very well be that, at the level of complexity where our brains operate, consciousness may be absolutely required.
In other words, perhaps consciousness is absolutely unavoidable once a brain achieves a certain level of complexity.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
