On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 3:26:54 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 8/2/2019 1:00 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > > Whatever consciousness may be, if it is something computers can achieve, > then you are led to the conclusion that an appropriately programmed quantum > computer may realize a huge number of minds. > > > But "minds" i.e. conscious thoughts are famously unitary. You can't think > a linear superposition of sentences. > > Another example of the fallacy of latching onto one similarity to claim > identity, while ignoring all dissimilarities. > > Brent >
But why couldn't there be a competition of thought (sentence) "paths" that are integrated (a *sentence-path integral*)? This could be done in a quantum program for a quantum computer. @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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/9eb27a47-65cc-436c-86fd-fb9eeb759485%40googlegroups.com.
