Peter Jones writes:
> > Is it possible that we are currently actors in a single, deterministic, > > non-branching > > computer program, with the illusion of free will and if-then contingency in > > general > > being due to the fact that we don't know the details of how the program > > will play > > out? > > Lots of things are possible. The question is what to believe. True, but I thought you were saying that such a thing was incompatible with consciousness, and I see no reason to believe that. You could replace "computer program" with "machine" and have a description of the universe. Actually, you could leave out "non-branching" as well: the MWI is branching but deterministic, and still leaves room for first person indeterminacy. Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
