> On 10 Jul 2021, at 21:43, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 7/10/2021 1:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 6 Jul 2021, at 12:55, John Clark <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 10:10 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >> It's easy to determine that the quantum computer is intelligent but as >>> >> for consciousness, how did you determine that it was not conscious? For >>> >> that matter how did you determine that I am conscious? But let's get out >>> >> of the consciousness quagmire for a moment so I can ask you a question, >>> >> leaving behind the interpretation of the experiment concentrating only >>> >> on its results, if it was actually performed as described do you think >>> >> interference bands would be on that photographic plate or would there be >>> >> no such bands? I would bet money the bands would be there on that plate >>> >> even though there's no longer any which way information remaining. So, >>> >> what would you put your money on, bands or no bands? >>> > I would guess the interference bands would be present exactly because, ex >>> > hypothesi, the which-way information was quantum erased. >>> >>> So an intelligent and presumably conscious being once existed that knew >>> which slot all the electrons went through, but those interference bands >>> still showed up anyway. Don't you find that a little strange? If Many >>> Worlds is wrong and that being didn't exist in another world, then where >>> did it exist?
I didn't wrote that. Bruno > It, or rather it's knowledge, existed in the past, before being erased. > > Brent > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8425dc5e-4249-21a5-fab9-15485012c0f2%40verizon.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8425dc5e-4249-21a5-fab9-15485012c0f2%40verizon.net?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/8E561A2C-82B3-4B7E-BFD4-D54AA24C31F4%40ulb.ac.be.
