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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:29:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Luke Parrish <>
Subject: Re: experimental validation of uploading

> From: David  Stodolsky <>
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct  2010 16:22:11 +0200
> References: <>
> 
> This is not using  Occam properly. 

> The flaw is in assuming that 'consciousness' can exist in  machines, which is
>an Assuming the Consequent error.
> 
> First you must  define 'consciousness'. Then you must perform a test of the 
>null hypothesis: A  machine can't be conscious.


Then there's the null hypothesis that (a given definition of) 'consciousness' 
does not exist.

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