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#130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness
Lex Fridman Podcast
Are You Relying on Your Intuition?
In science, we first test a theory on cases where we already know the answer. Scott is relying on his intuition, but I'm relying on this theory. So that's not what he said at all. Because he wants this to be completely general. Right. The whole interest of the theory is the hope that it could be completely general apply to aliens, to computers, to animals, coma patients, to any of it. Yeah. And so now the point is, if this theory is sort of getting wrong, the question is a blank wall,. You know, more conscious than a person, then I would say, what is there for it to get right? Right.
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