X-Message-Number: 25195
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:26:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott Badger <>
Subject: Re: QE clarification

Richard:

You wrote: "The ego vs. bundle theories are not
relevant to any of my arguments against patternism."

Perhaps I'm mistaken but I brought up the point
because I thought you had asserted that the QE resides
in a localized area of the brain. This article
suggested that your notion of a localized center of
consciousness is not a very popular hypothesis.

So, point of clarification. If 'I' am my QE and it
resides in a localized area of my brain as you claim,
would I still exist if that portion of my brain were
surgically removed and exchanged with the QE section
of another person's brain? Would it be 'me' with a new
set of memories?

Second, why do you say that qualia are not experienced
during sleep? I certainly have subjective experiences
in my dreams like seeing colors, feeling emotions,
etc. How is this not qualia? And those are just the
dreams I can consciously recall. How do you know that
the QE'r isn't active all night long?

Scott

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