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Ep. 218: The Hard Problem of Consciousness (Chalmers et al) (Part One)

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The Difference Between Easy and Hard Problems

Zombies can exist, but they're obviously not conscious, so consciousness isn't physical. That is, the characteristic of consciousness is not manifest in zombies. So just think of Wes' prime on a different world, exactly identical to me, but has no conscious states. It's not obvious that that could even be the case in this universe. But it is logically conceivable. All we need is for it to not be self-contradictory as conceived,. Could be physically impossible, but logically possible, or metaphysically possible.

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