On Friday, September 13, 2019, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 8:25 AM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 3:28 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I don't have to remember everything that happened over 80yrs to know I'm >>> 80yrs old. In fact I only need to remember my birthday. >>> >>> >> To know your birthday requires log(n) bits, which goes to infinity as n >> goes to infinity. >> > > Rubbish. I just have to look at my birth certificate! > But you would be unable to calculate (or contemplate) your age. > > >> Without an ever expanding memory, you are limited to experiencing at >> most M^2 states, where M is your memory capacity in bits. If M is finite, >> then infinite years don't matter, you will begin to revisit previous states. >> > > That assume that in order to survive you have to remember everything that > ever happened to you. And that is such obvious nonsense that it doesn't > merit a rebuttal. > > You misunderstand. This has nothing to do with remembering everything, it speaks to the finite number of possible experiences a finite mind can have. Jason -- 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/CA%2BBCJUhbvGYTZr46B-oe_bTK9SzGGY9d6kwJmH05jaodwOsEiQ%40mail.gmail.com.
