Bruno Marchal wrote:
> OK. I am saying that "fundamental truth (including the origin of the > "universe")" is in our head (like mystics). But then I make this > precise with comp: grosso modo, I am saying that "fundamental truth is > in the head of any self-referentially correct machine (also called > Lobian machine)". > I explain (through the UD Argument) why physics is there too. > I explain (through the interview of the lobian machine) how to extract > physics from the "head of a machine". > But I conclude from this only that comp is testable: extract physics > from the head of the machine and then compare with empirical physics. > If nature contradicts the comp theory, I would abandon the comp theory, > I would not conclude that nature is faulty, just that nature gives > evidence that comp is wrong. What the non-existence of HP universes falsisfies is Platonism, not computationalism. It is entirely possible that in a single material universe, cognition is computation. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
