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Epiphenomenalism is not a fruitful position: professions of epiphenomenalist consciousness are uncorrelated to its presence, since the epiphenomenalist's consciousness cannot causally influence their mouth or pen.

Paper's dismissal of epiphenomenalism via internal contradiction

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The Machine Consciousness Hypothesis

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  • Epiphenomenalism
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    The view that consciousness cannot affect any aspect of the physical world; dismissed by the paper as self-defeating

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