> From: Richard Loosemore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Three things. > > > First, David Chalmers is considered one of the world's foremost > researchers in the consciousness field (he is certainly now the most > celebrated). He has read the argument presented in my paper, and he > has > discussed it with me. He understood all of it, and he does not share > any of your concerns, nor anything remotely like your concerns. He had > one single reservation, on a technical point, but when I explained my > answer, he thought it interesting and novel, and possibly quite valid. > > Second, the remainder of your comments below are not coherent enough to > be answerable, and it is not my job to walk you through the basics of > this field. > > Third, about your digression: gravity does not "escape" from black > holes, because gravity is just the curvature of spacetime. The other > things that cannot escape from black holes are not "forces". > > I will not be replying to any further messages from you because you are > wasting my time. > >
I read this paper several times and still have trouble holding the model that you describe in my head as it fades quickly and then there is a just a memory of it (recursive ADD?). I'm not up on the latest consciousness research but still somewhat understand what is going on there. Your paper is a nice and terse description but to get others to understand the highlighted entity that you are trying to describe may be easier done with more diagrams. When I kind of got it for a second it did appear quantitative, like mathematically describable. I find it hard to believe though that others have not put it this way, I mean doesn't Hofstadter talk about this in his books, in an unacademical fashion? Also Edward's critique is very well expressed and thoughtful. Just blowing him off like that is undeserving. John ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
