Some people, like Christof Koch, think that a simulation cannot become conscious. The irony is that only simulations can be conscious. Consciousness is a simulated property of a simulated system.
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I mean specifically on this question of consciousness as 2nd order simulation. Other stuff, sure we diverge. I’m all for Divergentism. Neurodiversity ftw and everybody doesn’t have to process things the same way. I think I understand, and am understood by, about 10% of minds,.
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That is not a bad quota for someone who thinks a lot. I suspect that you focus on being a publicist more than on being a philosopher?
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And it’s not just you and me, there are 2 entire tribes divided by this question.