at what point do you distinguish a thing from the components it’s made of?
You say neurons have qualia, but its parts certainly don’t. Proteins don’t. Lipids don’t. Molecules don’t. But when you put them together in a specific configuration you say they do?
How is this different from silica? Why can’t a thing composed of silica have qualia even if the parts individually don’t?
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What does it mean to be alive? And how do you know that something is or isn’t?
Tree@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
i think the answer would be if it has internal quaila or not. i think neurons do have them.