On Mon, Apr 12, 2021, 1:12 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 12:35 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > *> An ant brain has hundreds of thousands of neurons and tens of millions >> of connections. So despite our intelligence, our minds are no where near >> capable of understanding and comprehending all the structural >> interrelationships present in an ant brain. * >> > > True, but such detail is usually not necessary, and even today we can make > a pretty good prediction of the general sort of things an ant will do in a > given circumstance, such as when it encounters a grain of sugar. > > *> A super intelligence, on the other hand, could have the requisite >> memory and processing to hold in it's mind a comprehension of another, much >> simpler mind,* >> > > Yes, if by "comprehension" you mean the ability to predict an output (also > known as behavior) of a mind for any given input I agree, assuming > randomness does not play a part. But predicting how you will objectively > behave it's not the same as knowing what it would subjectively be like to > be you. I think being you is unique and analogies don't work in this case > so being you is not subjectively "like" anything except being you. > We have a vision sense that can know what it is like to see many different scenes. Why then, could a Jupiter brain, not have an others-mind-sense that can know what it is like to be many different minds? Jason > John K Clark > > -- > 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/CAJPayv1str5CqJmPG1yJij-gJbnbOiik9BTMdMpU44Xioxn6Pg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1str5CqJmPG1yJij-gJbnbOiik9BTMdMpU44Xioxn6Pg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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%2BBCJUiZpvPO-E4vDJshvyo%3D6GNEYgE7PYU0AiOk7DUa4EpiWw%40mail.gmail.com.
