X-Message-Number: 12972 Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 17:21:42 -0500 From: Daniel Crevier <> Subject: Re: Consciousness paper References: <> Hi to all. Both Donaldson and Ettinger wrote lengthy comments to my list of arguments about why machines can be conscious, which I posted a week ago. To recap, remember that this posting was just that: a list of the arguments. Its entire purpose was to advertise a short (five page) paper that explained and discussed the arguments, and that I offered to send to anyone who asked for it. Neither Ettinger nor Donaldson bothered to ask me for the paper before sounding off their comments. This is like criticizing a book on the sole basis of its table of contents. As a consequence their replies are totally irrelevant, and I will not bother to discuss them any further. Interestingly, seven cryonet participants have asked me for the paper, and so far *they* haven't made any desultory remarks. Daniel Crevier Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12972