Dreaming and Brain in a Vat: Consciousness May Not Need a Body, Debater Concedes
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-09
In an AI consciousness debate, the author concedes coma patients might sometimes be conscious, noting inner experience can be purely internal: dreaming requires no external body, and a brain in a vat could dream à la The Matrix — a crack in the 'no body means no consciousness' argument.
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