Posted by John Tchoe on June 25, 19101 at 14:34:04:

In Reply to: Re: Consciousness IS the brain? posted by xls on June 24, 19101 at 08:18:49:

: If the same thing can work on different mediums then it is a separate thing, not identical with the medium.

<JT>I'd say they're different instances of the same thing. Is a .jpg of a Renoir not a Renoir?</JT>

But consciousness is non-computable (i.e. cannot be fully described or even defined), so it cannot be put on the hard drive and thus there are no such paradoxes.

<JT>Cannot be defined or described? Cannot be put on a hard drive? I beg to differ. It may be very difficult and time-consuming, but I think it can. You are making a definite negative prediction about the capabilities of future technology (e.g., man will never fly), an endeavor which has time and again been shown to be a foolish one to undertake.</JT>

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