Just to be clear on this, I obviously agree. Best,
Bruno Le 25-nov.-08, à 12:05, Russell Standish a écrit : > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:55:37AM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> About MGA 3, I feel almost a bit ashamed to explain that. To believe >> that the projection of the movie makes Alice conscious, is almost like >> explaining why we should not send Roger Moore (James Bond) in jail, >> giving that there are obvious movie where he clearly does not respect >> the speed limitation (grin). Of course this is not an argument. >> >> Bruno >> > > There is a world of difference between the James Bond movie, which is > clearly not the same as the actor in flesh and blood, and the sort of > movie used in your MGA, which by definition is indistinguishable in > all important respects from the original conscious being. It is > important not to let our intuitions misguide us at this point. Brent > was effectively making the same point, about when unlikely events > become indistinguishable from impossible. > > Cheers > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Mathematics > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
