I figure it’s symmetric. It’s just as likely a rock has good qualia as bad qualia in a given situation. Humans are more asymmetric. If they have bad qualia, they tend to stop doing whatever it is, so you can tell they have bad qualia.
I cannot speak for Scott, but I can speculate. I am quite sure a rock doesn’t have qualia, because it doesn’t have any processing center, gives no sign of having any utility to maximize, and has no reaction to stimuli. It most probably doesn’t have a mind.
Could you elaborate on your reasons for doubting that a rock has qualia?
Qualia appear to require complicated internal structure: knock out a certain brain area and you lose some aspect of it.
I figure it’s symmetric. It’s just as likely a rock has good qualia as bad qualia in a given situation. Humans are more asymmetric. If they have bad qualia, they tend to stop doing whatever it is, so you can tell they have bad qualia.
I cannot speak for Scott, but I can speculate. I am quite sure a rock doesn’t have qualia, because it doesn’t have any processing center, gives no sign of having any utility to maximize, and has no reaction to stimuli. It most probably doesn’t have a mind.