On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 03:58:17PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > Russell, > > I agree with both you and Wheeler here. But the very act of comparing > assumes time flows. A flash frozen brain with its exact neural state is > dead. That neural state must continually refresh and be supported by > electrochemical energy to be alive and perceive its information state. > > Block universes are DEAD things. There must be active energy for anything > to be real and actual. Thus there must be time. > > A block universe is a dead universe preserved in formaldehyde. Only a > Frankenstein would claim that it lives or could be reanimated! > > Edgar >
That is exactly why I say a BU can never describe consciousness. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.
