On 17 Sep 2014, at 2:54 pm, Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au> wrote:
>> But why is "consciousness" or "understanding the argument" the >> relevant attribute of "us"? Why not "breathes oxygnen" or >> "metabolized carbohydrates"? > > The anthropic argument is based on the brute fact of being. I take > this as being identical to being conscious. How could it be > otherwise? Breathing oxygen, or metabolising carbohydrates is not > relevant to being. Consciousness is "all or nothing". It is supported by computation (or it isn't.) Kim ============================ Kim Jones B.Mus.GDTL Email: kimjo...@ozemail.com.au Mobile: 0450 963 719 Landline: 02 9389 4239 Web: http://www.eportfolio.kmjcommp.com "Never let your schooling get in the way of your education" - Mark Twain -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
