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Whether it is possible to construct a perfect human action predictor that is not itself conscious has no bearing on whether consciousness affects human behavior.


That wasn't my point. I'm saying that if the human brain is a physical object obeying physical laws, and all behaviour is a result of the physical state of this brain, then there is no room for the metaphysical to have any effect on the behaviour of a human.


What's the metaphysical have to do with anything?


Because consciousness is metaphysical? You can't test scientifically if one person's red is the same as another's.




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