justcamel wrote: > It's funny in a way because you are implying that some of the most > brilliant minds out there are blogging about "BULLSHIT" while your > argument is just plain stupid. Even if you don't agree with anything > Ben and many others write about you should understand that there does > not have to be an interface between x and a superset of X. You should > understand that you can create an object within a virtual environment > without any methods capable of interacting with the host.
So then, does knowledge of or belief in X be even slightly beneficial to x? > If I give you access to a VMWare instance or some AWS instance you can > not derive the operating system of the host while the host has all the > information about the virtual machine. Well, there are some secret system calls that permit what is called "paravirtualization" that is used to optimize the memory footprint of the "guest" operating system. > Consciousness is the host. Your oscilloscope is an object within the > virtual machine. You are using your virtual eyes to look at its > readings. You can shift your consciousness away from identifying with > your body and eyes and enjoy the full access to the very data that is > rendered as your oscilloscope on the host system. Yet, your > oscilloscope will never be able to tell you anything about the host > system, all the date that's stored there, etc. ... I can't. I have tried. Oh yes, I tried. I have tried meditation techniques, I even read the several manuals and tried a bunch of techniques (in private, so I wouldn't get too embarrassed...) Nothing... -> Gave up and decided that rationalism really is the way to approach all this crap... I still keep an open mind, have experienced some precognition, don't believe in time as it is generally explained, but on all other fronts, I try keep my brain securely in it's skull. > Don't meditate ... don't agree with anything I write ... but don't say > "Can it be measured? If not, then it's BULLSHIT!!!!". I assume that > you have worked with many different visualization technologies or > encapsulation in software engineering ... so you should know better ... ... been unemployed for years, never had a chance to work with much of anything. =( -- IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. Powers are not rights. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
