(January 23, 2023 at 12:30 am)Paleophyte Wrote: So to summarize the state of this thread:
"Qualia" have a number of definitions because philosophers can't seem to agree on what they are (ironic much?) but to the best of my knowledge have no scientific definition.
"P-zombies" are a thought experiment that has never been observed in reality. In fact, no philosopher has been found who was cracked enough to even suggest that they might exist in the real. And given what we know about the mental state of philosophers that's saying a lot.
All of this bafflegab is just camouflage for a massive argument from ignorance that can be summarized as 'I don't understand how sentience evolved so the theory of evolution must be wrong.'
And all of that is about as rigorous and scientific as trying to overturn the Copenhagen Interpretation of QCD by wondering if Schrodinger's cat is frightened by the quantum vacuum.
Succinct and on-point. Well done.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
