A philosophical zombie, p-zombie or p-zed is a hypothetical being that is indistinguishable from a normal human being except that it lacks conscious experience, qualia, sentience, or sapience. When a zombie is poked with a sharp object, for example, it does not feel any pain. However, it behaves exactly as if it does feel pain (it may say “ouch” and recoil from the stimulus), but it does not actually have the experience of pain as a putative ‘normal’ person does.
The same is now true of coalition cabinet ministers.
Hi philosophicalzombie,
I just wanted to invite you to participate in a brand new political blogging and social networking tool called http://www.PollBooth.com
The site is currently closed to the general public, only politicians, journalists and bloggers such as yourself will be invited to join for the time being.
If you want to join just send an email to request.invite@pollbooth.com including the webaddress of your current blog and if approved I’ll send you an official invitation code allowing you to register on the site.
I hope to hear from you shortly and if not apologies for contacting you.
Regards,
Thom
I’m not sure exactly how many people read this blog, I doubt it to be many as it is a very small blog after all. However your writing is very good (slightly ironic grammar) and you have shown despite all the crap blogs out there you are capable of conscious, critical thought unlike the philosophical zombies that inhabit this world. I know this is weird but intelligence is the first to go in a modernising world.
Hi. If you think it might be of interest, will you please bring the following book to people’s attention on your blog.
Many Thanks
Charlie Gregory
THE UNDER MANAGER
by Charlie Gregory
Set in the north of Scotland, the story unfolds against a background of Scottish Nationalism and anti-English sentiment.
Danny Toxteth can take care of himself, but this is different. These people have fed him a Mickey Finn and this girl, Freya, has seduced him. They have taken compromising photographs and now they are blackmailing him into using the radio station, where he works as the under manager, to home two ships onto each other during a forthcoming smuggling operation.
They know about his affair with Shona and are going to “tell all” to Terry Ann, Danny’s fiancé, and Faroe, Shona’s husband. Terry Ann, an innocent kid from the American Mid West, will surely finish with him. And Faroe, a drunken hardman, will throw Shona over the cliff. It really is, “A hell of a mess.”
To make matters worse, Alexander, Danny’s friend, has persuaded him to help in ransacking the wreck in the geo. Now Alexander has produced a bottle of whisky. This is is not ordinary whisky. This is the Waters of MacDuibh, booty from a recent hijacking in which a guard was killed.
It costs £1.54 to download it from Amazon.UK or Kindle.
And a Kindle Reader can be downloaded free for use in a computer.
Thanks again.
http://www.poet-on-a-hill.blogspot.com