On 3/16/2018 6:07 PM, [email protected] wrote:
On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 8:33:37 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote:
On 3/16/2018 5:13 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Feynman also made the quip that simulation is like masturbation;
it is fine until you start thinking it is the real thing.
Actually Feynman's quip was about mathematics as compared to physics.
Brent
Is there really any plausible argument for the claim that the brain
functions like a computer, and that one of its outputs is consciousness?
It is more than plausible that one of the outputs of the brain is
consciousness. There are chemical and electrical experiments showing
that the consciousness is affected by changes to the brain and vice
versa. Whether the brain functions like a computer depends a lot on
what you mean by "like". So far as we know all physical systems are
computable to abritrary accuracy. So it would be very surprising if
something the brain does is uncomputable, except for some randomness via QM.
Brent
If consciousness cannot be explained by computation, the result of
this immortality project will be to create FRANKENSTEIN'S. AG
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