Re: virus: Memetics, Intent, and Salvation

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Fri, 22 Aug 1997 11:39:42 -0700 (PDT)


On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Wade T.Smith wrote:

> ERiC wrote:
> >"Does consciousness seem intrinsically subjective to me?"
> >
> >Now here's one I can answer!: yes. I can't verify consciousness in
> >anybody else, yet I'm sure *I* have it...
>
> I'm not. For what that's worth.
>
> Is a subjective sense of consciousness the thing itself? Is there a way
> out of that?

Is Eric's a question we need to step outside of conscousness in order to
answer? Do you need to get out of the bath to answer the question, "Am I
wet?"

-Prof. Tim