Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > I was using "quantum state" as synonymous with "physical state", which I guess > is what you are referring to in the above paragraph. The observer sees a > classical > universe because in observing he collapses the wave function or selects one > branch > of the multiverse. Traditional computationalism ignores the other branches/ > other > elements of the superposition,
Traditional computationalism doesn't say anything about physics other than the background assumption that it allows for computation. > but you have implied previously that these are > necessary for consciousness because they allow implementation of > counterfactuals. i.e. Consciousness must supervene on N>1 branches, if computationalism and quantum MW are both true. > Does that mean consciousness would be impossible in a classical universe? No, because classical counterfactuals are exactly that -- things that could have happened but didn't. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
