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Can a lightbulb be conscious?
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<blockquote data-quote="wolsty" data-source="post: 18105" data-attributes="member: 175166"><p>@CH and 2Old. You're both obsessed with the mechanism of the operation and, I think, missing an important point. I'm still struggling with the link between the firing of neurons and what we define as 'consciousness'. Is consciousness synonymous with self awareness, the ability to reason, the capacity to imagine or is it simply the ability to react to stimuli?</p><p></p><p>If consciousness results from a concatenation of events, whether they be firings of neurons, switching of lightbulbs or different voltages, then the debate is worth having.</p><p></p><p>If, on the other hand, consciousness, cannot be simulated by purely electromechanical or electrochemical means, then looking for a flaw in the reductionist argument is pointless: the whole proposal is flawed.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> <img src="http://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wolsty, post: 18105, member: 175166"] @CH and 2Old. You're both obsessed with the mechanism of the operation and, I think, missing an important point. I'm still struggling with the link between the firing of neurons and what we define as 'consciousness'. Is consciousness synonymous with self awareness, the ability to reason, the capacity to imagine or is it simply the ability to react to stimuli? If consciousness results from a concatenation of events, whether they be firings of neurons, switching of lightbulbs or different voltages, then the debate is worth having. If, on the other hand, consciousness, cannot be simulated by purely electromechanical or electrochemical means, then looking for a flaw in the reductionist argument is pointless: the whole proposal is flawed. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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