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rezzeJ · 4166 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Thought Experiment - Week 2: Land of the Epiphens
I agree that everything is physical. However, I don't think this inherently means thought is action. 'Perhaps the conscious experience of thinking is merely a byproduct of the computing going on at sub-conscious level. A boiling pot of water produces noise, but it doesn't mean it's the noise that is cooking the egg. Thought could be a necessary byproduct of neural computation that doesn't itself produce the solution. If you think about thinking, doesn't there seem to be something involuntary about it?' With the example of the beer once again, something in the physical or subconscious environment could be processed which may cause you to change your mind. The thought, 'actually I wont have beer' could just be a byproduct of that.