On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would you say other physical universes are possible having completely > different physical laws and without atoms and molecules as we know them in > our universe? >
I would say it would have to have *SOMETHING* physical as we know it or it wouldn't be another physical universe as we know it. > > > Would you agree that one possible physical world is an infinite 2 > dimensional plane, each with cells which either does or does not contain a > particle? > Cells and particles are physical. > > Would you accept that in such physical universes, which operate according > to Conway's game of life, that Turing machines might exist? > Only if physical cells and physical particles that operate according to C onway's game of life exist. > > Can you imagine even simpler "physical universes" where nonetheless > computation occurs? > No, I can't image any change simpler than on to off or off to on, and without change there is no computation, no intelligent behavior and no consciousness. John K Clark -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
