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<blockquote data-quote="wolsty" data-source="post: 18338" data-attributes="member: 175166">Well, that's one way of looking at it.&nbsp; If I may paraphrase, you're saying that there is no absolute consciousness, ie a threshold above which one is conscious and below which one is not conscious?I did go away and look up the Turing Test.&nbsp; The essential element, according to Turing, is whether an interrogator can distinguish between a human and a machine simply by evaluating the responses to questions.&nbsp; Clearly the interrogator has to be 'blind' and must ask questions in a way which prevents him making a judgment based on the style in which they are answered (ie an electronic voice would be a bit of a giveaway).I'm not sure that it brings me any closer to understanding the nature of conciousness.&nbsp; For me, there are still far more questions than answers.I may be forced to try the spliff methodology. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="wolsty, post: 18338, member: 175166"] Well, that's one way of looking at it. If I may paraphrase, you're saying that there is no absolute consciousness, ie a threshold above which one is conscious and below which one is not conscious? I did go away and look up the Turing Test. The essential element, according to Turing, is whether an interrogator can distinguish between a human and a machine simply by evaluating the responses to questions. Clearly the interrogator has to be 'blind' and must ask questions in a way which prevents him making a judgment based on the style in which they are answered (ie an electronic voice would be a bit of a giveaway). I'm not sure that it brings me any closer to understanding the nature of conciousness. For me, there are still far more questions than answers. I may be forced to try the spliff methodology. :cool: :cool: [/QUOTE]

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