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I think Amalac has the point. The example question as stated is ambiguous, so it is hard to evaluate the quality of an answer to it.
June 04, 2021 at 20:18
1. If you pushed further up - that would mean you don't really have everything or continuous pushing up is part of your desires. 2. If you have everyt...
June 04, 2021 at 20:11
No, it is relevant. Some mappings will be more useful to an individual, because of selective accuracy or speed of processing. Similar mappings will al...
June 04, 2021 at 19:46
Yes, but not any interpretation suffices for consciousness in my opinion. Any information transformation could be arguably seen as interpretation and ...
June 02, 2021 at 21:13
It may be interesting to discuss it if someone has another take on it.
May 31, 2021 at 13:39
Aaronson demonstrated that the IIT significantly doesn't match some of our intuitions about consciousness, so in my opinion IIT isn't correct, but IIT...
May 30, 2021 at 16:33
Innocent mind sounds like an oxymoron to me. The more mind forms the more moral responsibility applies to it. What's more innocent than a fire or a pl...
May 30, 2021 at 16:02
Yes. I also came to the conclusion that sheer possibility of the existence may be the spawning point of reality that doesn't need further cause. That ...
May 24, 2021 at 18:40
It seems to me that historical context should be included in the process of idea evaluation to the degree depending on the goal of the evaluation, erg...
May 24, 2021 at 18:02
Old people used to be more respected when they were seen as more useful for the larger community and frankly, there were less of them. Today in atomiz...
May 24, 2021 at 17:42
How would you divine that your answer for the world peace is a correct one and what would be the price to be paid for the "world peace" seem to me ind...
May 24, 2021 at 16:34
I don't think that objectivity is a social taboo, people just aren't competent enough to recognize it. They can recognize some useful artifacts that w...
May 24, 2021 at 00:39
Yet there is no excellence without shortcuts.
May 24, 2021 at 00:12
I think it would be better to start with what is a reflection, term ambiguous in itself. The "of self" part is the easy one imo. For me reflection sho...
May 24, 2021 at 00:11
Revolutionary technological breakthrough like the singularity ai could erase US. Any unfortunate war between major powers may lead to devastation of a...
May 20, 2021 at 10:46
The present definition of women is contested for various reasons, including political reasons, so there are many competing definitions. As most defini...
May 20, 2021 at 10:33