Strypey on Nostr: Transhumanists like Melon Husk live in a model of reality where all depths are ...
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.htmlIn 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.
(4/?)
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