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Eddie Andress's avatar

Thanks Evgeny, your thoughts and the articles were an interesting read which have provoked some ongoing thoughts of my own.

My own current and very naive thinking (unrelated to those articles) is this...

1. I struggle to believe that consciousness arises from anything other than the "right" configuration of matter.

2. I increasingly think we have little or no free will.

3. If we can't test whether it is "like something" to be a non-human / non-biological thing we have to be open to the possibility that... it might happen.

So what I see coming, for myself at least, is the realisation that we humans are not so special OR that if we want to find something that does make us special we'll have to look elsewhere.

I suspect I am way further out of my depth than you are :) ... but I felt compelled to think out loud here.

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Evgeny Shadchnev's avatar

Thanks for sharing! Check out this brilliant episode that covers much of what we’re discussing here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/76nBQHl2Dvh20qI8oSXv8O?si=1GyuBGtJQ6e0HMME4i4WFw&t=1286&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A2Shpxw7dPoxRJCdfFXTWLE

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Eddie Andress's avatar

Thanks Evgeny! I enjoyed this episode and, you're right, it's super relevant here :)

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