On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 02:11:59PM -0700, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On Friday, October 12, 2012 4:42:56 PM UTC-4, Russell Standish wrote: > > Assuming this system exhibits universality like the original GoL, and > > assuming COMP, then some patterns will exhibit consciousness. However, > > the patterns will no doubt be astronomical in size. The movies you see > > here would be like taking an electron microscopic movie of the inner > > workings of part of one cell in the human body. > > > > Unlike part of a human cell though, they are just an optical presentation > with no mass or chemical composition. > > Craig
I know you don't believe in COMP, but assuming COMP (I am open-minded on the topic), mass and chemical composition are irrelevant to consciousness. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales 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 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.