We could use identical arguments to conclude that my bicycle works by magical means, and that my bicycle is conscious. There is nowhere to, ‘draw the line’. Even dismissing the rest of the life of the bicycle, when I ride it, my bicycle must be endowed with my consciousness in the same way my body is. Dualism for a bicycle.
This is for fun, not to defend Chalmers, he is ALSO clearly full of shit and 2 minutes with his TED talk is more than enough to settle that.
In my view, the only rational way to look at consciousness is as being a product of the function of the brain that evolved in response to environmental selection pressures.
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We could use identical arguments to conclude that my bicycle works by magical means, and that my bicycle is conscious. There is nowhere to, ‘draw the line’. Even dismissing the rest of the life of the bicycle, when I ride it, my bicycle must be endowed with my consciousness in the same way my body is. Dualism for a bicycle.
This is for fun, not to defend Chalmers, he is ALSO clearly full of shit and 2 minutes with his TED talk is more than enough to settle that.
In my view, the only rational way to look at consciousness is as being a product of the function of the brain that evolved in response to environmental selection pressures.