A robot could be programmed to have certain responses to stimuli without also experiencing qualia. Perhaps it could act quite similarly to people who have qualia, despite not having qualia. (not clear if this actually is possible)
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Replying to @ModelOfTheory
But we're talking about people, aren't we? Not hypothetical robots?
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Replying to @FrankieG_Baby @ModelOfTheory
We're presumably talking about these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie …
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Replying to @RadishHarmers @ModelOfTheory
The initial tweet isn't stated hypothetically, though; hence, my questions.
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That is, they are not hypothetical people who might not have qualia; rather, they are actual people, with this problem, whom the author has witnessed or heard of many times.
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Replying to @FrankieG_Baby @RadishHarmers
Many of my tweets shouldn't be taken entirely literally. The fact that someone might not realize this if they see one of my tweets in isolation is a drawback of this that I had not considered.
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Replying to @ModelOfTheory @RadishHarmers
Oh, after I scrolled through your timeline, I realized it was probably somewhat in jest, but I was actually curious & wanted to inquire about it anyway. You seemed smart enough to have some ideas about it, & I was hoping maybe you knew a couple p-zombies...
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Replying to @FrankieG_Baby @RadishHarmers
There actually was a serious thought that inspired my tweet: perhaps different people's internal experiences can differ in ways that can make them easier or harder to dismiss as illusions, and this could correlate with opinions on phil of mind. This seems unlikely but possible.
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Replying to @ModelOfTheory @RadishHarmers
Intriguing; this to me seems prima facie true, unless I misunderstand you. We see it with privilege, when e.g. rich people dismiss the claims & experiences of the poor. Why wouldn't we see the same phenomenon arise from any difference in experience & perception? 1/2
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We know genetics can alter qualia, beyond obvious disorders. The perceived taste of cilantro, for example, is a notable example. If you don't know that, you might think your cilantro-hating friend is being ridiculous, because to you it tastes nothing like soap. 2/2
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Critics of qualia typically claim to understand and be able to account for the intuitions that motivate the concept. So if there are such correlates, philosophers of mind don't seem to be aware of them. Perhaps this is not as strong evidence as I'd initially taken it for.
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Replying to @ModelOfTheory @RadishHarmers
If we had a qualia-dime for every bit of life & science that philosophers weren't aware of, we'd subjectively experience like kings
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