On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 05:10:37PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > Why are the limitations due to the size and/or age of our present > universe relevant if the computation is carried out in Platonia -- > on a non-physical UTM? > > If the computations are carried out on a real physical UTM then > consciousness supervenes on the physical universe after all! >
The whole point of the MGA is to try and close off a gap in the argument if you assume that ontological reality is less than Platonia. In such a non-robust universe setting, physical limits are quite relevant. If we have a robust ontology (ie the full Platonia), then the MGA is not needed, the first 7 steps of the UDA suffice for Bruno's point. Moreover, I would argue that the MGA doesn't even work, as recordings can be fully counterfactually correct. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.
