On Thu, 3 May 2018 at 10:42 pm, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
All correct arithmetical mathematical calculations may exist in some > mystical Platonic universe and all possible books may too, but you need > matter to sort out the correct calculations from the incorrect ones and the > good books from the gibberish > ; > matter in the form of a calculating machine in one case and the author > Jorge Luis Borges in the other. > In general, yes: it could be said that there is a computation, but it is of no use to us. But what if the computation is one that implements a virtual world with conscious observers? In that case, it is still of no use to us, but I can't see any reason why the consciousness of those observers should be dependent on us. > -- 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.
