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gaigalas, my toaster is deeply grateful for your contributions to HN. It can't write or post on the Internet, and its ability to feel grateful is as much as Claude's, but it really is deeply grateful!

I hope that makes you feel good.



Seems like you're trying to steer the conversation towards merits of consciousness. A well known and classic conversational tarpit.

Fascinating topic. However, my argument works for compartimentalized discussions as well. Conscious or not, it's meaningless crap.


Trying to convince flat-earthers that the earth is spherical is also a conversational tarpit...

I guess that's where the conversation/debate ends.


Don't worry, sometimes you're not the direct cause of the tarpit. Most people fall into these unknowingly.




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