On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:46:25 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > > On 30 January 2014 09:39, Craig Weinberg <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > > On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:38:04 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > >> > >> On 30 January 2014 11:24, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:34:48 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > NO ROOM CAN BE CONSCIOUS. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> And we know that because we can say it in all capital letters, or > >>>> possibly from the teachings of two of your favorite subjects, > astrology and > >>>> numerology. > >>> > >>> > >>> The all caps were in response to Bruno's all caps, and no, you don't > need > >>> astrology and numerology to understand that rooms are not haunted by > the > >>> spirits of system-hood. > >> > >> > >> Imagine a small, roughly spherical room made out of a fairly hard > material > >> something like limestone. Make a few holes in it, fill it with some > goop > >> with the consistency of blancmange, decorate with sense organs and > throw in > >> a body. > >> > >> Et voila! > > > > > > Voila, a cadaver. > > Unless it's all set up to function properly. >
As far as comp tells us, the function of a human body might as well be to host a variety of microbiological systems, which a cadaver excels at. The dead body is also better for the larger ecological computations. > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > -- 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.
