Re: Better quantum woo for me & your from Nature

2023-08-26 Thread Brent Meeker
These ideas of the universe as computation are OK.  The equations of QM are reversible and their realization can certainly be seen as computation.  But then it is assumed that the computation is discrete/digital, which is not at all the same as quantized.  QM is built on a continuum and no one

Re: A new theory of consciousness: conditionalism

2023-08-26 Thread Jason Resch
Thank you John for your thoughts. I few notes below: On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 7:17 AM John Clark wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM Jason Resch wrote: > > *> At a high level, states of consciousness are states of knowledge,* >> > > That is certainly true, but what about the reverse, does

A new theory of consciousness: conditionalism

2023-08-26 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM Jason Resch wrote: *> At a high level, states of consciousness are states of knowledge,* > That is certainly true, but what about the reverse, does a high state of knowledge imply consciousness? I'll never be able to prove it but I believe it does but of course

Re: A new theory of consciousness: conditionalism

2023-08-26 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM Jason Resch wrote: *> At a high level, states of consciousness are states of knowledge,* > That is certainly true, but what about the reverse, does a high state of knowledge imply consciousness? I'll never be able to prove it but I believe it does but of course