On 13 Oct 2015, at 18:10, Brent Meeker wrote:
On 10/13/2015 1:57 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
On 13 October 2015 at 11:48, 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??????
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 can't even get the basic physics
right, much less explain how the universe came to exist long before
consciousness emerged.
Computationalism is the theory that a computer could simulate not
only the brain's behaviour, but also consciousness. It is possible
that the brain utilises non-computable physics, in which case
computationalism would be false. Is that what you believe?
Let's be clear though that "non-computable" means Church-Turing non-
computable. It's possible that physics at some level is
instantiated by some higher level of computability.
It is even necessary, a priori. (assuming c.)
CT non-computable doesn't imply supernatural magic.
Indeed. physics depends on the FPI, which makes probable the use of a
random oracle, the halting oracle, and possibly others.
Bruno
Brent
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