Because consciousness is precluded in the thought experiment. The whole idea is that the Zombie World is identical in every way—except it doesn’t have this ephemeral consciousness thing.
Therefore the GLUT cannot be conscious, by the very design of the thought experiment it cannot be so. Yet there isn’t any logical explanation for the behavior of the zombies without something, somewhere, that is conscious to drive them. That’s why the GLUT came into the discussion in the first place—something has to tell the zombies what to do, and that something must be conscious (except it can’t be, because the thought experiment precludes it).
Thus, an identical world without consciousness is inconceivable.
So does that mean a GLUT in the zombie world cannot be conscious, but a GLUT in our world (assuming infinite storage space, since apparently we were able to assume that for the zombie world) can be conscious?
Because consciousness is precluded in the thought experiment. The whole idea is that the Zombie World is identical in every way—except it doesn’t have this ephemeral consciousness thing.
Therefore the GLUT cannot be conscious, by the very design of the thought experiment it cannot be so. Yet there isn’t any logical explanation for the behavior of the zombies without something, somewhere, that is conscious to drive them. That’s why the GLUT came into the discussion in the first place—something has to tell the zombies what to do, and that something must be conscious (except it can’t be, because the thought experiment precludes it).
Thus, an identical world without consciousness is inconceivable.
So does that mean a GLUT in the zombie world cannot be conscious, but a GLUT in our world (assuming infinite storage space, since apparently we were able to assume that for the zombie world) can be conscious?