(2024-10-26, 07:46 PM)nbtruthman Wrote: Bach's idea is hardly new - it essentially is that making the materialist assumption that consciousness is an emergent property of the immensely complex activity of the brain's neuronal structures, then maybe AI could similarly develop consciousness as an emergent property of the activity of immensely complex computer processing. This rehashes the entire convoluted and contentious collision of materialist scientism with the boatload of paranormal evidence for consciousness being nonmaterial and existing independently of the brain neuronal structures, and numerous strong philosophical arguments also invalidating materialism.
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I would agree that I don't believe Bach is correct, but what is interesting is how close he comes to the idea that the conscious agent isn't a physical entity.
In fact once one accepts "emergence" is an illogical, Something from Nothing, belief of the materialist faith his view seems to a combination of Platonism + Animism...
'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
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