(March 16, 2016 at 11:07 am)bennyboy Wrote:(March 16, 2016 at 9:52 am)little_monkey Wrote: Regardless, it doesn't change the argument.It totally changes it, because you end up with (3) brain activities = assumed to be mindful. This is not a very satisfying conclusion.
Yes, but you've already established the reasonableness of the assumption when studying human subjects. Whether that assumption would be reasonable in the case of robots is a separate case which does not inform the original case. You're simply raising an impotent objection as if it were potent.