[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >In other words, a 'computation' can be > > > anything I say it is (cf. Hofstadter for some particularly egregious > > > examples). > > > David, could you give us 'some' of these, or at least an URL to find such?
John I was thinking of various examples in 'Godel, Escher, Bach', and it's years since I read it. Here's a URL I just Googled that may be relevant: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/6100/geb.html >From memory, Hofstadter decribes 'implementations' of computations that involve the detailed behaviour of anthills, and worse yet, detailed descriptions of 'Einstein's Brain' listed in a book that you can supposedly ask questions and receive answers! Trouble is, Hofstadter is such a brilliantly witty and creative writer that I could never be completely sure whether he was deliberately torturing your credulity by putting these forward as tongue-in-cheek reductios (like Schroedinger with his cat apparently) or whether he was actually serious. I'll have to re-read the book. David > ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: Re: Maudlin's Demon (Argument) > (Brent's quote): > > David Nyman wrote: > (I skip the discussion...) > > > > >In other words, a 'computation' can be > > > anything I say it is (cf. Hofstadter for some particularly egregious > > > examples). > > > David, could you give us 'some' of these, or at least an URL to find such? > > John M --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
