On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 07:12:46PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 10 Oct 2012, at 09:14, meekerdb wrote: > > > >I wouldn't say yes to him. He thinks your brain doesn't need to > >function. He might substitute a rock. > > If "your" goal is to survive, that might work. If your "goal" is to > complete your mission nearby, that might not work, especially from > the point of view of the observers. > > A machine with the cognitive ability sufficient to bet genuinely on > an artificial digital brain can understand we don't really need one > to survive. > > But then the question is "who are you?", really. > >
We are getting close to the point I made a number of years ago - if COMP is true, then it really doesn't matter whether you say yes or no to the doctor, you will survive anyway (due to COMP immortality). Conversely, if COMP is false, you won't survive - independent of agreeing to the doctor. Bruno, did you have a response to that yet? Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
