[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sep 15, 12:56 am, "Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/9/14 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Yudkowsky asks: >>> "What experimental observations would you expect to make, if you found >>> yourself in such a universe?" (where reductionism is false) >>> But we *are* in just such as universe! >> Perhaps I could ask the opposite question: what if reductionism were >> suddenly made true? Which parts of the universe would stop functioning >> or function differently? >> >> -- >> Stathis Papaioannou > > I think there would no longer be conscious observers for starters. If > reductionism were true it would mean that mathematical truth would be > entirely algorithmic. No insight would be required, so there would be > no place for consciousness. All the delusions of Yudkowsky and co > would be true... reasoning would be entirely reducible to Bayesian > Inductuion, Intelligence would be entirely reducible to Optimization, > Consciousness wouldn't be needed etc etc etc.
But the question is whether there would be any *functional* difference. Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
