(2023-10-06, 06:49 AM)sbu Wrote: With that said I agree IIT is a weak theory as it can not be falsified.
This seems either wrong or applicable to a variety of theories on consciousness. There was a recent use of AI to show how experimental design would point to the particular theory the researchers were advocating, which shows the bias involved in this work as well.
There is definitely too much corruption of science by the materialist faith for sure, but I don't think IIT is especially bad.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell