3D PANEL, Tuesday, April 22, 2014

<p class="MsoNormal" >3D PANEL, Tuesday, April 22, 2014

3Ds are Dennett vs Hoffman vs David Chalmers on nature of consc&nbsp; (final debate)</p>

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they debate&nbsp; (Dan Dennett vs&nbsp; Don Hoffman)&nbsp; truth vs&nbsp; fitness...</p>

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Dan Dennett says&nbsp; truth and fitness merge with complex orgs like us....

<b>Dan evolution. sculpts the affordances that matter</b>:

<b>Don Hoffman unlimited universes of consciousness&nbsp; that map onto

&nbsp;our limited, finite univ of consc...</b></p>

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Dan Dennett responds:&nbsp; we have invented microscopes, telescopes to extend our perception;</p>

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Don Hoffman:&nbsp; <b>next we need to give up space and time themselves;</b>

(as our limited scientif viewpoint has expanded since the Renaissance.)</p>

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Q why is it important to you</p>

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A&nbsp;&nbsp; chalmers:&nbsp; important to me cuz it's important period;</p>

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dan:&nbsp; many people trying to solve the easy problem&nbsp; (and the hard problem does not exist)</p>

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dan:&nbsp; many people don't want to have the problem reduced or solved

&nbsp;becuz it does harm to morality or beauty/aesthetics.</p>

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stu hameroff states:&nbsp; "future time reversal has been proven in a talk by X"

(ie being able to predict events that have not yet happened)

dan dennett answers&nbsp; "the (only)&nbsp; fact is that&nbsp; X&nbsp; <u>will be giving a talk on it</u>... period!"&nbsp; big laugh.

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