On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 5:24 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
*> Nowhere anybody has ever defended the idea that books or texts can > think. You are the only one mentioning that* I don’t believe that’s true. There is a fellow by the name of Bruno Marchal who is constantly mentioning that pure mathematics can perform calculations; when asked for proof or even a shred of evidence indicating that might be true he refers us to books that contain recipes that will enable matter to perform calculations. But a recipe for a calculation is not a calculation just as a recipe for a cake is not a cake. Why Mr. Marchal always talks about books when asked for a demonstration of a non-physical calculation nobody knows, and that probably includes Mr. Marchal. 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.
