Atoms which make up strawberries don't taste like strawberries either. Biology emerges from chemistry, Smith, not "sorcery". — 180 Proof
I guess you didn't run down all these rabbit holes...How do we explain comprehension withmolecules and their structures? — Agent Smith
↪Agent Smith
From a Metzingerian perspectiive, "self" is a (persistently embodied) phenomenal illusion re:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/626347 — 180 Proof
I did. I also read the beginning of the homonymous article at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/.Search for Searle's Chinese Room Argument ... — Agent Smith
If I rubbed two sticks together and consciousness emerged that would be an emergent property but it would also be magic and inexplicable like neurons firing creating consciousness. — Andrew4Handel
Flavor is determined by molecular structure - a certain configuration of molecules fits a given receptor, much like a jigsaw. In other words, flavor is explicable chemically. — Agent Smith
Flavor is determined by molecular structure - a certain configuration of molecules fits a given receptor, much like a jigsaw. In other words, flavor is explicable chemically.
— Agent Smith
Then why do some folk claim, in contrast to the rest of us, that the exact same herb - coriander - tastes soapy?
Taste is not entierly down to chemistry. — Banno
The mechanism of taste can be reduced to chemistry i.e. there's a theory (agonist-receptor) which can be used — Agent Smith
All I'm saying is there's at least some kinda theory/hypothesis to, at a minimum, attempt an explanation. None exist for consciousness. — Agent Smith
Have you tried reading? — Isaac
I have not! Give me some pointers (not on reading, on explanatory frameworks for consciousness). — Agent Smith
Explain — 180 Proof
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