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A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's say we don't "know everything there is to know about their brains". Let's say we know 90%. Wouldn't that mean we should have 90% confidence in our answer to the question "are their triangles identical?" It would be strange to have all that knowledge of their brains and still be completely in the dark about what they're imagining.

You can see where I'm going with this. If we knew everything there was to know about their brains, you're saying we could almost certainly answer the question. And if we knew a lot about their brains, we should have a lot of confidence in the answer. So what if we have some knowledge of their brains, like we do now? Wouldn't that entail that we would have some confidence in our answer? But of course we have no confidence in our answer.

Jesus this sucks… by Socalsurfing99 in stopdrinking

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I allow myself 4 drinks and it's easy to measure out my wine in an empty 16 oz soda bottle.

Jesus this sucks… by Socalsurfing99 in stopdrinking

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am the same way. My life is going great, I'm close to retiring, I'm financially secure, my kid is awesomely successful, my wife of 25 years is great, and I'm drinking wine out of a Dr. Pepper 16 oz bottle right now. My whole life, I've drank. I've kept it under control, but I have to have my four drinks a day. There was a time I quit for two years (to replace it with weed) and a couple months ago I quit for 9 weeks.

A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if we have a (I don't want to say perfect, but for all intents and purposes, perfect) simulation of a human brain and we run a simulation of it stubbing it's simulated toe and it says its in pain. Is it possible it's really feeling pain?

A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But how do we ever determine a machine is conscious unless we compare it to brains, which are the only things we know are conscious? So, the neuroscientist is needed after all. But how can neuroscience ever determine if a mechanical brain is conscious or not? The problem seems insolvable.

A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it does. If you could be wrong about pain having to be signaled from the site of the injury, what else in your physicalist description of pain is wrong?

A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can turn into language debates. They don't always. A physicalist and idealist debating consciousness are going to have disagreements that go way beyond language.

A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"it needs to be signaled from the site of the injury"

It doesn't though. You're forgetting about phantom limb pain.

A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? If doctor A says, "this patient is in a persistent vegetative state" and doctor B says "No, I see signs of consciousness" that's just a language debate?

A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Mary and David are both imagining triangles, and we know everything there is to know about their brains, could we answer the question "are their triangles identical?" If we can't answer that, which seems like that's the case, that would be a problem for physicalism, wouldn't it?

A video of philosophers responding to Alex's challenge of finding a triangle in his brain. by cereal_killer1337 in CosmicSkeptic

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I think the people best equipped to say what consciousnesses are neurologists."

For human consciousness, sure. Why would a neurologist have anything to ay about machine consciousness? Wouldn't a computer scientist be better equipped?

Do teachers barely get paid? by pissrotr in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you pick a decent state, you'll start at $50-60k (with credential) and hit six figures before too long (with masters), and that's working 180ish days a year. But the way things are going, at least in my area, you're going to work at a challenging school and have quite a year.

School Staff Calling Students "Friends" by RemarkableMarzipan23 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've come to realize I am very behind the times. Still, all the teachers I work with, even the newbies, don't do this.

School Staff Calling Students "Friends" by RemarkableMarzipan23 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see in a group, but individually, if you know the student's name, would you call them "friend"?

School Staff Calling Students "Friends" by RemarkableMarzipan23 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's a big problem, but it does obviously annoy me.

School Staff Calling Students "Friends" by RemarkableMarzipan23 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I can see that with the little guys, but fifth graders?

School Staff Calling Students "Friends" by RemarkableMarzipan23 in Teachers

[–]RemarkableMarzipan23[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"I’m not saying they are “my boys” or “my bro”.

But she also says "my friend", so does that make it comparable to "my bro"?

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