On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 5:02:09 AM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote:
>
> I think he means one can replace a human brain and/or nervous system with
> computer microchips and consciousness will be preserved, or perfectly
> simulated so the person who says "Yes doctor", will awake from the surgery
> thinking he/she's the same person, like awakening from unremarkable
> surgery. From my pov, this belief is a huge, huge stretch since we can even
> define what consciousness IS. AG
>
I was just taking "Mechanism" as a (computability) term meaning "not able
to perform Turing jumps".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_jump
But then there is an "Extended" Mechanism:
*Turing jumps through provability*
https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05327
@philipthrift
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