On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 7:32:15 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 5/3/2019 2:00 PM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > > > On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 3:26:26 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 5/3/2019 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >> If "consciousness doesn't supervene on physical [or material] >> computation" then does that mean there is realm for (A) consciousness and >> one for (B) physical [or material] computation? >> >> >> No, the theory is that all possible computations (the UD) exist and they >> instantiate all conscious thoughts, including those we call perception of >> an external reality. There isn't anymore to reality; it's just the >> statistical regularities among the different threads of the UD. At least >> that's Bruno's idea. >> >> Brent >> >> >> > There could be *UD-computing* that is being executed by the brain. One > can't rule this out a priori. > > I just say if so, it is being executed in a material substrate - *the > brain!* > > There is no heavenly realm where UD-computing is churning away. > > > The question is whether there is a realm consisting of arithmetic. > > Brent >
I'm not a believer in either a realm of spirits (like Heaven*) or a realm of arithmetics. A realm of arithmetics would be ontologically like a realm of fiction (like the Marvel Universe**). * [Wikipedia] Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious, cosmological, or transcendent place where beings such as gods, angels, spirits, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or live. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to earth or incarnate, and earthly beings can ascend to heaven in the afterlife, or in exceptional cases enter heaven alive. ** [Wikipedia] The Marvel Universe is a fictional universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Defenders, the Inhumans, the New Warriors, the Nova Corps and other Marvel superheroes live in this universe, including characters such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Captain America, Daredevil, Wolverine, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Blade, Ghost Rider, the Punisher, Deadpool, Silver Surfer, Nova, Moon Knight and numerous others. The Marvel Universe is further depicted as existing within a "multiverse" consisting of thousands of separate universes, all of which are the creations of Marvel Comics and all of which are, in a sense, "Marvel universes". In this context, "Marvel Universe" is taken to refer to the mainstream Marvel continuity, which is known as Earth-616 or currently as Earth Prime. @philipthrift -- 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.
