people writing about consciousness be like, "first i will redefine the term 'consciousness' as something i can make empirical statements about, then see how just how long i can talk before people notice i'm not talking about what they came here to find out about"
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"delusions" doesn't cover it?
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no if my hand feels cold, i may be deluded about why it's cold or how cold it is or whether it actually is cold or whether i actually have a hand, but the one thing i am not deluded about is that i'm feeling the thing i'm feeling
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I think their answer is 'fiction'. You think you have a point of view that experiences qualia, but clearly that's impossible so you're just mistaking one of the other things for that.
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so basically we've finally worked out how to identify p-zombies
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My attempt (this and nested thread):https://twitter.com/metaauthor/status/1053723202600480769?s=21 …
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mostly just seems like an attempt to deny the premise by fiat "if consciousness is physical..." sure, but why do you think consciousness is physical
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"oh my sweet summer child"
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there’s nothing to be had. some words *are* vague, just like bigfoot *is* blurry
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“having a subjective point of view that experiences qualia” I’m afraid
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Semantic migraine, ow
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