(September 15, 2014 at 4:22 pm)Dissily Mordentroge Wrote:(September 15, 2014 at 11:28 am)Chas Wrote: I don't have a problem with mind being inextricable from a biological brain except for the lack of a mechanism and the lack of evidence.An extraordinary assumption given the paucity of evidence to hand.
Possibly you're subconsciously masking your arrogance by using pseudo-psychology on people?
Not an assumption, a conjecture in response to your asinine comment.
Quote:Quote:Strong AI doesn't avoid the problem of consciousness so much as assuming it emerges from complexity and interconnectedness.Chas, making such an assumption could be considered a form of unconscious masking in itself.
I have made no assumption. You seem to have a reading comprehension problem.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.