On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 9:21:44 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > > On 30 January 2014 10:00, Craig Weinberg <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > > On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:46:25 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > >> > >> On 30 January 2014 09:39, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> 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. > > > > > > What's wrong with the way a cadaver functions? > > Many changes occur after death, the end result of which is that in a > cadaver, the parts are in the wrong configuration and therefore don't > work together as they do in a living person.
Wrong for whom? They are in a better configuration for certain microrganisms to thrive. There's probably more complexity in the computation of a decomposing body than a healthy one . > Death is said to occur > when the changes are irreversible, but people who have themselves > cryonically preserved hope that future technology will allow what is > currently thought to be irreversible to become reversible. > Had we not already discovered the impossibility of resurrecting a dead person with raw electricity, would your position offer any insight into why that strategy would fail 100% of the time? Craig > > > -- > 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.
