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> But that doesn't prove it has any experience of the color yellow; it merely means it can mimic the output of an entity that does.

Which is all we might be doing with each other as well. That awareness could merely be an illusion and there's even some evidence to think it is. Experiments show your brain makes a decision before you are consciously aware of it despite you thinking you made the decision consciously. That leads to the conclusion that awareness is simply a lie your brains tells itself to feel in control.



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