On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> > On 20 Oct 2012, at 19:29, John Clark wrote: > > > Well I don't know about you but I don't think my consciousness was there > before Evolution figured out how to make brains, I believe this because I > can't seem to remember events that were going on during the Precambrian. > I've always been a little hazy about what exactly "comp" meant but I had > the general feeling that I sorta agreed with it, but apparently not. > > > You keep defending comp, in your dialog with Craig, but you don't follow > its logical consequences, > I guess, this is by not wanting to take seriously the first person and > third person distinction, which is the key of the UD argument. > > You can attach consciousness to the owner of a brain, but the owner itself > must attach his consciousness to all states existing in arithmetic (or in a > physical universe if that exists) and realizing that brain state. > > John, I would also suggest that you read this link, it shows how an infinitely large cosmos leads directly to quantum mechanics due to the observer's inability to self-locate. For someone who believes in both mechanism and platonism, it is the exact scenario platonic programs should find themselves in: http://lesswrong.com/lw/3pg/aguirre_tegmark_layzer_cosmological/ http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.1066 Jason -- 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.
