On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote: > We haven't proved our brain is computational in nature, >
There are only 3 possibilities: 1) Our brains work by cause and effect processes; if so then the same thing can be done on a computer. 2) Our brains do NOT work by cause and effect processes; if so then they are random and the same thing can be done on a $20 hardware random number generator. 3) Sometimes our brains work by cause and effect processes and sometimes they don't; if so then they can be done on a computer and a a $20 hardware random number generator. > > Maybe our brain has some non computational shortcut > Then there are 2 possibilities: 1) There is a reason the shortcut works; if so then a computer can use the algorithm too. 2) There was NO reason the shortcut worked; if so then it was just a lucky guess and is unlikely to be repeated by either you or the computer. John K Clark -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
