Jason, Thanks for asking. I'll start a new topic on Consciousness hopefully sometime today as it is clearly an important topic on its own.....
Edgar On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 12:13:26 AM UTC-5, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Jason Resch <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> >> Do you think a computer can be conscious? >> >> If yes, then do you think the experience of the consciousness within the >> computer would be different if the computer existed in a block-time >> universes instead of a moving-present universe? If so, how/what would >> cause the states of the evolving computer program to take a different >> course in the block universe vs. the moving present universe? If you see >> no reason the computations should diverge, then you must agree the states >> reached by the computer program are the same, and since they are the same >> the conscious program could not behave any differently. This includes any >> realization that it is in a block-time vs. a moving-present universe. >> >> > > Edgar, > > I am particularly curious to hear what you think of the above reasoning. > It seems that it applies to your theory which I believe at some level holds > that the right computations can produce consciousness. > > Thanks, > > Jason > > -- 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.
