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#34 — The Light of the Mind

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Zombi Twin?

The extreme version of this thought experiment says we can at least imagine a being physically identical to a normal human being, but without any subjective consciousness. The very fact that you can ci to make sense of the idea immediately raises some questions like, why aren't we zombis? It's a contrast, o you. Ah, zombis could have existed. Evolution could have produced sombes. Why didn't evolution produce zombis?"

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