On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 6:26 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/15/2015 6:35 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:01 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How would you define "intelligence" for this thing? >> > > Jupiter Brain / Omega Point / Result of post-singularity intelligence > explosion / Platonic mind with access infinite computing resources / > Dyson's sphere powered computer, take your pick. It's capable enough to run > a planet-wide simulation down to whatever necessary detail it desires, and > be able to infer any being's thoughts on the planet by analyzing its brain > activity. Beyond that I'm not sure how to quantify or define its > intelligence. > > >> I think of intelligence as the ability to observe and infer and >> learn. Of course the traditional God was not only the creator of >> everything He was also a person who knew everything and so could not learn >> anything. >> > > Maybe this one is only a mere demi-god then. You can only say it knows > everything about its simulation. > > 1. Would you consider such a demi-god a theistic god for the entities > within its simulation? > > > Not necessarily. One of the defining characteristics of the theist God is > that He cares about human behavior (especially when they're nude). > If I understand you correctly, you're saying that even if it were demonstrated that our universe was created and is maintained by a theistic God simulating the whole universe, you would not call it a theistic God unless it happened to care about your behavior when you're nude? You will go to any stretch to avoid entertaining the possibility that atheism might be wrong. > > > 2. Can you rule out that some demi-god somewhere isn't simulating this > planet? > > > No. > > I take back my last sentence. > > 3. Do you think the existence of such a demi-god follows from the > UDA/arithmetical realism? > > > Probably not. But in any case I'm not a fan of arithmetical realism. > Truth =/= existence. > You're right it doesn't. But the truth of the statement "There exists a program X that computes Y" is proof of the existence of program X which computes Y. Jason > > Brent > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
