LizR wrote:
On 15 May 2015 at 06:34, meekerdb <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I'm trying to understand what "counterfactual correctness" means in
the physical thought experiments.
You and me both.
Yes. When you think about it, 'counterfactual' means that the antecedent
is false. So Bruno's referring to the branching 'if A then B else C'
construction of a program is not really a counterfactual at all, since
to be a counterfactual A *must* be false. So the counterfactual
construction is 'A then C', where A happens to be false.
The role of this in consciousness escapes me too.
Bruce
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