Quote:This is probably the most popular view on it, but you might not be on the philosophical solid ground you think you are.
It wasn't a philosophical claim, but a biological one. Take a brain, any old brain. Dice it. Mince it. Bathe the bits in nitric acid. Dump the resultant sluge in a container of petrol. Light it.
Now, take the resultant ash and test it for consciousness. Use any test you like. Get a verifiable positive reading and I'll shake your hand and retract my prior statement. Until and unless that happens, I'm going to go on happy in my conviction that consciousness is the result of brain function.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
