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   Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 18:55:01 JST Strypey

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   Transhumanists like Melon Husk live in a model of reality where all depths are squashed up into their corresponding surfaces; what Wilber calls "flatland". In this model, humans are "philosophical zombies", who only think we are conscious beings;

   https://jaronlanier.com/zombie.html

   In flatland, consciousness is a trick reality plays on us with our brains, and/or other purely material phenomena. So as soon as we can simulate enough of those, we can make a consciousness-in-a-bottle.

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