On Saturday, October 13, 2012 7:41:10 PM UTC-4, Russell Standish wrote: > > 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. >
Since we know that our consciousness is exquisitely sensitive to particular masses of specific chemicals, yet relatively tolerant of other kinds of chemical changes, it suggests that we should strongly suspect that COMP is a fantasy. Craig > > Cheers > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpc...@hpcoders.com.au<javascript:> > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/vXQsTav6xW4J. 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.
