> In a naturalistic universe, where there is no sharp boundary between the
> physics of you and the physics of the rest of the world, the
> capability to
> invent new top-level internal reflective choices can be very important,
> pragmatically, in terms of properties of distant reality that directly
> correlate with your choice to your benefit, if there's any
> breakage at all
> of the Cartesian boundary - any correlation between your
> mindstate and the
> rest of the environment.


Unless, you are vastly smarter than the rest of the universe.  Then you can
proceed like an AIXItl and there is no need for top-level internal
reflective choices ;)

ben g

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