On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 01:03:04PM +1100, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > I don't mean the white rabbits from the Turing machine, I mean the ones > outside it. If we accept that an abstract machine can just exist, without > benefit of a separate physical reality, why not also accept that > non-computational talking white rabbits can also just exist? That is, why > should computations have a privileged ontological status in the everything? > > Stathis Papaioannou > >
That's not an assumption I make. The only thing given "priveleged ontological status" are the descriptions (or infinite length strings - binary or in your choice of alphabet). These are not the outputs of any computational process, although they can be considered as generated dynamically by a UD if you wish (although not necessary). -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
