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Originally Posted by Mr.Mustache  No, you are assuming. The statement that "a dream is a dream" is what is at issue here. Why don't we consider a dream to be a valid, "real" thing? |
Um, there is no reason to consider that. The dream is real and valid but it is not reality itself. It is product of your brain and based on the reality. It has its function but it is not reality itself.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Mustache You don't know I'm conscious, I could simply be simulating conscious behavior. Just because I'm human it doesn't follow a priori that I must be conscious. |
Read my previous post, I do not know, I cannot test it. But I can guess with high confidence. Yes because you are human it does follow that you are conscious. Consciousness is fundamental to being human, sorry
