On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 4:33 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Physical computation needs matter, because a physical computation is a > mathematical computation implemented in a physical, material, environment. > > But computations does not need matter, > Suppose just for the sake of argument that non-physical computations did not exist, how would our physical world be different? There would be no difference. Therefore either non-physical computations do not exist or they do but are utterly unimportant, rather like the l uminiferous aether . > > Mathematical computations exist in arithmetic, in the sense that they can > be shown to exists in all interpretations of Robinson Arithmetic > [...] > Oh no, we're back to Robinson Arithmetic again! It's time for you to put your money where your mouth is, it's time for you to start the Robinson Computer Corporation and become the richest man on earth. > > > Here you beg the question of materialism by defining "computation" by > "physical implementation of a mathematical computation". > Definitions suck. Examples rule. >> >> >> So which ONE of us has "*THE* 1-p you"? > > > > > Both. > If it can't distinguish anything then why the hell did you invent the idiotic term?? 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.
