A Hollywood Zombie.

In philosophical circles, a P-Zombie, or Philosophical Zombie, is a being that is similar to humans in all identifiable traits (and, in many formulations, only theoretically identifiable traits), but does not have any phenomenological experiences. If you spend a lot of time talking about this type of zombie, it may be useful to specify when you want to talk about the more popular zombies of movie fame: hence H-Zombie.

While H-Zombies tend not to be rigorously defined, they generally have significant psychological differences from standard humans, with lowered impulse control, unusual desires and fixations, and limited cognitive skills. They are also differently-abled in the physical realm, having worse fine and gross motor skills, but often having increased strength and sometimes having heightened sensory abilities. While YZMV, it is generally assumed that they do have some experience of qualia, with strong feelings of hunger and basic sensory experiences.


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