If your theory of consciousness contains a Hard Problem, it means that you recognize that your theory does not work.
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The “hard problem” is only a problem for those who fail to place organismic affect (homeostatic, emotional affect) at the foundation of their model. Once you conceptualize subjective experiences as an emergent characteristic of affect, the hard problem vanishes completely.
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To be replaced by the problem of claiming that a "conceptualisation of subjective experiences as an emergent characteristic of affect" bears any connection to what our actual subjective experiences actually are.
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Yes, exactly. And you imply otherwise by talking about stories, etc. Having a "hard problem" is only one way of describing the fact that our theories don't work.
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I'm aware that I phrased this strangely when read as a direct response to the parent tweet (it was actually an extension of a
@keithfrankish thread). Point is that the "virtual reality story" theory is not exempt from the hard problem, just like all QM theories have meas. probs.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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