On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Sunday, February 3, 2013 12:11:17 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 01 Feb 2013, at 16:42, Roger Clough wrote: >> >> Hi Bruno Marchal >> >> I would think that each universe provides its own distinctive >> context to any calculation, including comp. >> >> >> Comp is the assumption that we are Turing emulable. >> That notion is made very solid by Church's thesis. >> >> > I don't think that we can assume that a Turing emulation of us is actually > "us". To the contrary, a Turing emulation of geometry is not geometry. A > Turing emulation of water can be the same as a Turing emulation of water in > another Turing emulated virtual world, but no emulated drop of Turing water > can ever be a genuine drop of water within the world that we actually live > in. It doesn't matter that 17 is still prime when you are dying of > dehydration. > Hi Craig, Still trying to understand your theory better. What's your position on the following statements: - The human brain can be Turing emulated. - There is some (possibly mysterious) link between the physical human brain and consciousness. > > > Craig > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
