From the "Philosophical Parables" column:

Once upon a time, Koch and Chalmers had an argument, and Koch, as always, lost a bottle of wine, which they promptly bought at the "Krasnoe i Beloe" liquor store.

Since Koch considered himself a consciousness expert, he decided to sound smart:

— "Krasnoe i Beloe" is a network. I concede that it might possess consciousness by virtue of its organized structure.

— But a philosophical zombie can get drunk too, — Chalmers replied.

— Did I just lose another bottle of wine? — Koch reached for his wallet.

— Not yet. But if in five years "Krasnoe i Beloe" is no longer just a network, but a hypernetwork...

— All this is the result of bad theorizing! — they suddenly heard a familiar voice.

Turns out, Dennett had also dropped by the very same store, but solely to prove that neither red nor white actually exists.

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