.@ArtirKel @robinhanson @ESYudkowsky Also: It's *conceivable* all of physics is false, so physics can't prove anything "inconceivable"!
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The argument isn't that physical laws make zombies inconceivable. It's that the idea is incoherent.
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Doesn't seem incoherent to me.
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"All odd numbers are prime, like 3, 5, and 7" seems conceivable until you think about 9.
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Replying to @ESYudkowsky @bryan_caplan and
A false proposition like that is still conceivable after you disprove it.
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Okay. So what does *that* kind of "conceivability" prove about primeness? (Nothing.)
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I can conceive of a p-zombie by conceiving of myself taking the same actions I took but lacking the feelings I felt.
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That's not a p-zombie. A p-zombie does your actions for the same causal reason you did. Including talk of "consciousness".
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Oh. I didn't realize that a p-zombie had to do things for the same *reason*. In that case, I agree with you.
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*Thud* *thud*. I'm not beating my head against the wall at you, I'm beating my head against the wall at everyone who isn't you.
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Heh. Anyway, it looks like we *could* resolve this over Twitter! :-)
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