Re: “Could a Quantum Computer Have Subjective Experience?”

2017-06-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 22 Jun 2017, at 01:31, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 22/06/2017 1:44 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 21 Jun 2017, at 08:21, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 21/06/2017 4:03 pm, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:15:31PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 19/06/2017 10:23 am, Russell Standish

Re: “Could a Quantum Computer Have Subjective Experience?”

2017-06-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 22 Jun 2017, at 03:46, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 22/06/2017 10:32 am, David Nyman wrote: On 22 Jun 2017 00:31, "Bruce Kellett" wrote: On 22/06/2017 1:44 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 21 Jun 2017, at 08:21, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 21/06/2017 4:03 pm, Russell

Re: “Could a Quantum Computer Have Subjective Experience?”

2017-06-22 Thread David Nyman
On 22 Jun 2017 2:46 a.m., "Bruce Kellett" wrote: On 22/06/2017 10:32 am, David Nyman wrote: On 22 Jun 2017 00:31, "Bruce Kellett" < bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: On 22/06/2017 1:44 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 21 Jun 2017, at 08:21,

​Cosmological Natural Selection

2017-06-22 Thread John Clark
I've just read Lee Smolin's book ​ ​ "Time Reborn" ​ ​ and it reminded m ​e​ of his previous book ​ ​ "The Life Of The Cosmos" ​ ​ that was about ​ ​ Cosmological Natural Selection. Smolin's idea is that when a star collapses into a Black Hole a Singularity does not form in it's center, instead

Re: “Could a Quantum Computer Have Subjective Experience?”

2017-06-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
On 22/06/2017 7:22 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 22 Jun 2017, at 01:31, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 22/06/2017 1:44 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 21 Jun 2017, at 08:21, Bruce Kellett wrote: On 21/06/2017 4:03 pm, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 12:15:31PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: