On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Chris de Morsella <cdemorse...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > >
> > The computer requires a substrate in which to operate upon -- the CPU > chips for example are what our computers operate on. I know of no computer > that does not require this external structured environment > The human requires a substrate in which to operate upon -- the brain for example is what our human minds operate on. I know of no human that does not require this external structured environment. > Every computer in existence requires external enabling hardware. > Every human in existence requires external enabling hardware. > If a computer requires a substrate which it can manipulate in order to > perform its logical operations then a universal computer is impossible > because the substrate would necessarily be outside and foundational to its > domain. > If a human requires a substrate which it can manipulate in order to perform its logical operations then a universal human is impossible because the substrate would necessarily be outside and foundational to its domain. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
