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Gmroo OP t1_iz3oc9g wrote

Reply to comment by ConsciousLiterature in The hard problem of metaphysics: figuring out if other phenomena exist in our universe that like consciousness require we bear a specific metaphysical relation to them - i.e. you can't know of consciousness without being conscious. by Gmroo

It's is of course arcbitecturally completely different than my brain.....

From "input isn ot experience" it doesn't follow that there can't be any experience without input. I am simply saying not all forms of input result in subjective experience.

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ConsciousLiterature t1_iz3v14c wrote

>It's is of course arcbitecturally completely different than my brain.....

It's really not that different though.

>From "input isn ot experience" it doesn't follow that there can't be any experience without input.

Sure it does. Experience is the result of electrochemical activity in the brain. That doesn't happen without input.

>I am simply saying not all forms of input result in subjective experience.

And I am saying they do.

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Gmroo OP t1_iz3wfq2 wrote

Okay, wow. Bold claim. Evolution seemed to work hsrd to develop a CNS and such if all "input" is subjective experience.

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ConsciousLiterature t1_iz3y32g wrote

>Okay, wow. Bold claim. Evolution seemed to work hsrd to develop a CNS and such if all "input" is subjective experience.

CNS can't work without input. It requires a steady stream of oxygenated blood and hydrocarbons all of which require input.

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BrevityIsTheSoul t1_iz47ine wrote

>It's is of course arcbitecturally completely different than my brain.....

An old circular CRT TV is architecturally completely different than a modern smart TV. Yet there's a commonality of function (convert input to two-dimensional visual display) that makes comparison not only possible, but obvious.

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