Exactly - do you think I am trying to pretend that I am deterministic within my own self? I accept that my experience of consciousness is a post facto artifact of my mind, which has already produced and rendered the experience I am just experiencing in perhaps its entirety. And all my decisions and free will could be the result of a grand illusion, but even if this is so one has to - if one is curious about the nature of things - ask why the elaborate charade? Why has evolution invested so much energy in erecting such a perfect rendition of this facsimile of free will that is the common sense experience that we all experience within ourselves?
Seems like a lot of effort for nothing; which is why I question your reductionist view of this - even if in the end it is an infinitely regressing hall of mirrors, a cosmic illusion - why the elaborate and evolutionarily expensive (multiple levels of adaption) masquerade ball in which we all participate? Seems a bit much for nothing. -Chris From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 12:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: When will a computer pass the Turing Test? On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Chris de Morsella <[email protected]> wrote: > What happens to a universal Turing machine, if the tape itself is being written by some other process The same thing that happens to you when you get pushed around by the external environment. 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. -- 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.
