On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 02:15:59PM +1000, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > Not necessarily. Simulated beings could be conscious with their simulated > brains. >
In which case their consciousness supervenes on their simulated physics. This is still physical supervenience, of the sort Bruce was talking about. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.
