Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id SAA19929 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 3 Jun 2000 18:53:06 +0100 Message-ID: <3938FF42.47C8682D@mediaone.net> Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 13:51:14 +0100 From: Chuck <cpalson@mediaone.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Really, really??? References: <3938DB4D.66A78FEC@mediaone.net> <00060317203703.00520@faichney> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Robin Faichney wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jun 2000, Chuck wrote:
> >
> >I'm just (half) joking, of course, but Searle, in his effort to explain away
> >the computational theory of mind, says something to the effect that our
> >thoughts can't be encoded in 1s and 0s - that that would be assuming we are
> >in a coma. That was the nature of my comment/joke to Robin a few days ago.
>
> That reminds me Chuck: you never replied to my reply to that. I hope you
> don't mind if I repeat it: Do you think that to ignore something (in this
> case consciousness/freewill) is to assume that it does not exist?
>
> The implication being, of course, that it is perfectly valid for memetics
> to ignore consciousness and freewill, because that is *not* to imply that
> we don't believe in them.
I am going to leave that question unanswered for reasons that have nothing to do
with my capability to answer the question. Sorry for the mystery, but that's all
my mood will allow at the moment.
>
>
> --
> Robin Faichney
>
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