Simulation Hypothesis

Philosophy of mind

Philosophical zombie

Definition

A philosophical zombie is an imagined being that’s physically and behaviourally identical to a conscious person but has no inner experience. People use it to argue that consciousness doesn’t follow from the physical facts alone.

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The Scripted mind model, or the whole world with the inner-lives switch off.

Role in the model

Setting the Mind model to Scripted fills a scenario with mimics. They say the right words and react the right way from a script, with no experience behind it. They aren’t zombies in the strict sense. A strict zombie is a physical and functional copy of a person, and a script is far simpler. It’s by far the cheapest way to fill a world with people. The Four schools window shows how each school of ethics judges it.

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