Re: Consciousness is information?

2009-05-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Torgny, I come from Stockholm, Sweden. I was constructed by my parents. In reality I think that all humans are zombies, but because I am a polite person, I do not tell the other zombies that they are zombies. I do not want to hurt the other zombies by telling them the truth. I

Re: Consciousness is information?

2009-05-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi John, On 11 May 2009, at 22:49, John Mikes wrote: who was that French poet who made puns after death? ... A french poet said, after he died (!) : friends, pretend only to cry because poet pretends only to dye. (Faites semblant de pleurer mes amis puisque les poètes font semblant

Re: Consciousness is information?

2009-05-12 Thread Torgny Tholerus
Bruno Marchal skrev: On 08 May 2009, at 19:15, Torgny Tholerus wrote: Bruno Marchal skrev: On 07 May 2009, at 18:29, Torgny Tholerus wrote: Yes it is right. There is no infinity of natural numbers. But the natural numbers are UNLIMITED, you can construct as many natural

Re: 3-PoV from 1 PoV?

2009-05-12 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Bruno, Interleaving some comments. - Original Message - From: Bruno Marchal To: everything-list@googlegroups.com ; Stephen Paul King Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 1:51 PM Subject: Re: 3-PoV from 1 PoV? On 08 May 2009, at 17:49, Stephen Paul King wrote: I

Re: Consciousness is information?

2009-05-12 Thread John Mikes
Bruno, merci pour le nom Jean Cocteau. J'ai voulu montrer que je semble vivant. I told my young bride of 61 years (originally economist, but follows all the plaisantries I speculate on) about the assumptions you guys speculate on and connect to assumptions of assumptions, Torgny the zombie,

Victor Korotkikh

2009-05-12 Thread russell standish
Hi Bruno, Have you come across Victor Korotkikh's stuff? He's got a recent article out in Complexity: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121426751/abstract?CRETRY=1SRETRY=0 (Complexity, 14, 40-46) It basically explores the organisational properties of the integers, prime numbers etc.

Re: Consciousness is information?

2009-05-12 Thread Jason Resch
John, Great question I am glad you asked it. I think I was driven to this list because of big questions, especially those which most people seem to believe are unanswerable. Questions such as: Where did this universe come from? Why are we here and why am I me? Is there a God? What is