1Z wrote: > Suppose you were faced with two Doctors: Dr 1 promises > to reproduce you approximately in a robotic body that can > interact with the environment. Dr 2 promises to > reproduce you exactly, and leave the resulting tape gathering dust...
Dr 1: not interested Dr 2: even less interested David > David Nyman wrote: > > Tom Caylor wrote: > > > > S_p > > > can be expressed by a finite number, since the substitution itself can > > > be expressed by a finite number (whatever is written on the tape/CD or > > > other storage/transmitting device). > > > > Does your 'interpretation' of 'Yes doctor' leave open all assumptions > > about actual *instantiation* of S_p? You refer above to the 'tape/CD or > > other storage/transmitting device'. Is an additional act of faith > > required such that we trust the doctor not merely to leave S_p to > > gather dust on a shelf? Or, if he does cause the instantiation of S_p > > (even assuming it to be equivalent to S_c) in terms of some > > unconstrained choice among arbitrarily many machine 'architectures' > > (electronic, hydraulic, mechanical, Platonic, you-name-it) I am to > > further trust that my experience will remain invariant to the actual > > physical behaviour thus enacted? Or is the assumption of YD within a > > 'comp' that additionally assumes AR+CT supposed to subsume all the > > above issues, and if so why? > > Suppose you were faced with two Doctors: Dr 1 promises > to reproduce you approximately in a robotic body that can > interact with the environment. Dr 2 promises to > reproduce you exactly, and leave the resulting tape gathering dust... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
