Originally posted by shunyadragon
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The argument from ignorance is the claim that something is true because it hasn't been proven false. There is also what I call the argument ad hopium. Something is true because I want and hope it to be true. You are engaging in Argument ad hopium like many YECS do, who say if only more info is learned it will show that the earth is 6000 years old. Your argument is precisely parallel with that. As Element said, having a wiring diagram doesn't explain feeling.
Searles outlines the problem with having mental states being aligned with feelings:
gotta go to bed now, Chemo tomorrow morning early.
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