On 28 March 2014 10:16, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 28 March 2014 12:00, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 28 March 2014 09:51, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 28 March 2014 11:46, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I would say there is only a finite number of possible biological human >>>> minds, >>>> >>> >>> Because the number is limited by the Beckenstein bound if we assume >>> physical supervenience ? >>> >>> >>>> but an infinite number of possible minds if you are running them on >>>> the Turing machine in Platonia. >>>> >>> >>> (Or an infinite number of Turing machines, according to comp ;-) >>> >>> Does comp suggest that consciousness corresponds to an infinite number >>> of different possible mental states (rather than a very large, but finite, >>> number of them) ? >>> >>> (If so should I assume we're talkng about a countable infinity?) >>> >> I think you have to specify whether comp means merely that a computer >> simulation of a brain can be conscious or go the whole way with Bruno's >> conclusion that there is no actual physical computer and all possible >> computations are necessarily implemented by virtue of their status as >> platonic objects. >> > > So what's the answer in either case? >
Even in the first case it could be infinite if the physical universe is infinite and we allow for post-human brains that can increase without bound. The comment about "comp" was a general comment. On my understanding it just means that a mind can be simulated on a computer. -- 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/d/optout.
