On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 11:26 AM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sunday, August 25, 2019, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Yes and insurance is different from cash. So what? A bit is just a >> physical thing that you choose to regard purely in terms of its >> computational relations...we calll the "abstractions" for a reason. >> > > Under your own definition of abstraction above, there is a distinction > between a mind and a brain. > Just as there is a distinction between scissors and cutting a piece of paper. Mind is what a brain does, just as cutting paper is what scissors do. It is the difference between a noun and a verb. Not that one is an abstraction from the other. Bruce There's not an identity relation between the two, as one discards > unnecessary details. As an abstract pattern, there's many physical > incarnations that could map to the same mind. Under the computational > theory of mind, any universe capable of building a computer could reproduce > your mind. > -- 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/CAFxXSLR8wVm5L_H_fDwFz%2BbZZ%2BVYU2DGVvdebPQPGO3M8c3wfg%40mail.gmail.com.
