On 2/11/2014 10:21 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
But I think what is shown is that there can be a world including conscious beings which
does not require physical events in our world, i.e. they can be merely arithmetical or
Turing machince "events". In other words it is possible to simulate a world with
conscious beings.
OK, but their consciousness is not simulated, as the consciousness of the being is in
all arithmetical simulations. The machine you build makes only that consciousness
manifestable relatively to you.
But that assumes what you are trying to argue, that consciousness is a purely arithmetical
phenomenon.
Brent
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