You ' re not smart just because you ' re an atheist either <| sep |> Because of Focus farming and the 45 seconds Convergence orb . I can get 100 k in under one hour before the corpse sensory add in . without booster <| sep |> It is not known what we mean when we discuss consciousness , so I agree with him that it does not exist as a thing . Our feelings are entirely due to very complex chemical signals , but those chemical signals amount to strong emotions that result in physiological suffering when we are exposed to certain experiences . I don ' t think it ' s possible to know whether a robot feels in the same way that we do , even if they cry , or scream . It ' s possible that they don ' t really experience emotions like we do , in which case it is easier to argue that it ' s okay to mistreat them . This is the reason why Arnold felt guilty , and why anyone should feel guilty about exposing robots to certain experiences , whether or not consciousness exists . Edit Is Ford in denial about the ability for many hosts to remember things that happened to them ? He seems to treasure his ability to take away memories and therefore emotional trauma from hosts , but he must be aware of what is happening in the park .