On 26 May 2015 at 16:59, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> LizR wrote: > >> On 26 May 2015 at 05:45, John Clark <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Of that I have no opinion because nobody knows what "comp" means, >> least of all Bruno. >> Comp is the theory that consciousness is the product of Turing-emulable >> processes, i.e. that it's a computation. >> > > Actually, that strictly does not follow. All that follows is that a > computer can emulate certain physical processes upon which consciousness > supervenes. This does not mean that consciousness is a computation, in > Platonia or anywhere else. I may have been too hasty. Comp ("comp1") is the theory that it's the *outcome* of a computation, at some level. > All that we know from the evidence is that consciousness supervenes on > physical brains. > We don't actually know this, although the evidence appears to suggest it. -- 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.
