On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 13/10/2015 9:46 am, Jason Resch wrote: > >> The double-slit experiment is evidence of platonic computation being >> responsible for our consciousness, along with many other properties seen in >> physics. >> > Come again? How on earth do you make that out? The double slit experiment > is evidence for quantum superpositions of waves and/or particles. Nothing > to do with consciousness. As for the rest of physics?????? See Chapter 7 (page 115) and Appendix D page 217 from Russell Standish's book "Theory of Nothing": http://swc2.hccs.edu/kindle/theoryofnothing.pdf In it, Standish shows that the quantum mechanics, including the Schrodinger equation, can be derived from a few basic assumptions about observation within an ensemble where all possible conscious observations exist. > > > The theory has survived numerous tests, without being disproven, which is >> all we can hope for as evidence for any theory. >> > > Quantum mechanics is a well-tested theory. Computationalism is not. Computationalism retrodicted quantum mechanics. It was only an accident of history that quantum mechanics was discovered before computationalism, but had the reverse occurred, computationalism could have predicted quantum mechanical effects, even before any direct evidence for QM had been noticed. > Computationalism can't even get the basic physics right, What about physics do you think computationalism incorrectly predicts? > much less explain how the universe came to exist long before consciousness > emerged. Computationalism is a theory of about consciousness, not a theory about what exists or doesn't. Jason -- 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.
