On 9/8/2017 12:51 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
I think Brent's point, with which I agree BTW, is that an observer
can only be defined in relation to an external world -- consciousness
requires a world to be conscious of!
Why? That seems magical thinking (in the frame of Digital Mechanism).
You should explain what an external world is, and how it select the
"real" computations. Are you sure we don't need blessed water?
An external world is what you and others with whom you communicate are
conscious of. It's what is not a dream (or a delusion).
Brent
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