> When you write things like that I'm left with the impression that you think > one's > consciousness is a thing, a soul, that moves to different bundles of > computation so there > are some bundles that don't have any consciousness but could have if you > "jumped to them". >
Not to wish to pre-empt Bruno's reply, but I think you're mixing up 1- p and 3-p. From 3-p, all branches are conscious, but I only experience myself on one branch at a time, probabilistically according to the measure of computations. There's no individual soul, just in one sense a single consciousness that experiences every possible state. As for Mars Rover I'm curious to know this: If we programmed it to avoid danger, would it experience fear? Until we understand the qualia, you're as in the dark as we are on this question. You assume the affirmative, we assume the negative. That's why I sigh. Such arguments go nowhere but a reassertion of our biases/intuitions, and the result is unedifying. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
