Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread acw
On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting. How then do we explain the fact that humans suffer all kinds of computational errors such as schizophrenia, dismorphia, etc. We intentionally lie... The list of computationally erroneous behavior of the brain is almost endless. How

Re: The free will function

2012-02-16 Thread ronaldheld
Another comment on the paper: arXiv:1202.3395v1 [physics.hist-ph} Ronald On Feb 15, 10:27 am, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012  Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: can a virtual typhoon makes you wet? I don't know, it depends on whether you are

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting. How then do we explain the fact that humans suffer all kinds of computational errors such as schizophrenia, dismorphia, etc. We intentionally lie... The list of computationally erroneous behavior of

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread acw
On 2/16/2012 15:59, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting. How then do we explain the fact that humans suffer all kinds of computational errors such as schizophrenia, dismorphia, etc. We intentionally lie... The

Re: The free will function

2012-02-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Feb 2012, at 23:33, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Feb 14, 3:41 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 14 Feb 2012, at 20:39, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Feb 14, 7:56 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 12 Feb 2012, at 15:22, Craig Weinberg wrote: All computers are

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 11:54 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 15:59, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting. How then do we explain the fact that humans suffer all kinds of computational errors such as schizophrenia, dismorphia,

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread acw
On 2/16/2012 17:58, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:54 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 15:59, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting. How then do we explain the fact that humans suffer all kinds of computational

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 1:16 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 17:58, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:54 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 15:59, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting. How then do we explain the fact that humans

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 9:58 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: Hi ACW, There is a problem with this way of thinking in that it assumes that all of the properties of objects are inherent in the objects themselves and have no relation or dependence on anything else. This is is wrong. We know from our study

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/2/16 Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net On 2/16/2012 1:16 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 17:58, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:54 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 15:59, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK]

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 10:16 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 17:58, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:54 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 15:59, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting. How then do we explain the fact that

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It would be helpful if we first established that a Turing Machine is capable of what we are assuming it do be able

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 11:15 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It would be helpful if we first established that a Turing Machine is capable of what we are assuming it

Re: Intelligence and consciousness

2012-02-16 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.comwrote: Obviously Watson or Siri give you access to intelligence, but so does a book. A book can contain information that can help you answer questions but can not do so directly, but Watson and Siri can; and all three could

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/2/16 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 2/16/2012 11:15 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It would be helpful if we first established that a Turing Machine is

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 11:38 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/2/16 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net On 2/16/2012 11:15 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread acw
On 2/16/2012 19:09, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 1:16 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 17:58, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:54 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 15:59, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting.

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread acw
On 2/16/2012 19:26, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 10:16 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 17:58, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:54 AM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 15:59, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:57 AM, acw wrote: On 2/15/2012 07:07, Stephen P. King wrote: [SPK] Interesting. How

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 2:13 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 9:58 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: Hi ACW, There is a problem with this way of thinking in that it assumes that all of the properties of objects are inherent in the objects themselves and have no relation or dependence on anything else.

Re: comp is simply false?

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 2:15 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: [SPK] All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It would be helpful if we first established that a Turing Machine is capable of what we are

Re: The free will function

2012-02-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Feb 16, 12:10 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Yes. But it is science only as far as we present the theory in clear hypothetical way. The rest is pseudo-religion or insanity. Or it could expand the scope of science. There was progress before science, so it is not true that

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 2:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It would be helpful if we first established that a Turing Machine is

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 2:34 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:15 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It would be helpful if we first established that a Turing

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/2/16 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 2/16/2012 11:38 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2012/2/16 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 2/16/2012 11:15 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a

Re: comp is simply false?

2012-02-16 Thread Brian Tenneson
Are you talking about tautology? On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.netwrote: On 2/16/2012 2:15 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: [SPK] All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread acw
On 2/16/2012 20:40, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It would be helpful if we first

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 1:00 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 20:40, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread acw
On 2/16/2012 22:37, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 1:00 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 20:40, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be

Re: up to some resource bound

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 3:06 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 19:09, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 1:16 PM, acw wrote: The assumption in COMP is that a subst. level exists, it's the main assumption! What does that practically mean? That you can eventually implement the brain (or a partial version of

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 3:02 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 22:37, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 1:00 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 20:40, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 12:36 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:13 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 9:58 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: Hi ACW, There is a problem with this way of thinking in that it assumes that all of the properties of objects are inherent in the objects themselves and have

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 12:40 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It would be helpful if we

Re: up to some resource bound

2012-02-16 Thread acw
On 2/16/2012 23:08, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 3:06 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 19:09, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 1:16 PM, acw wrote: The assumption in COMP is that a subst. level exists, it's the main assumption! What does that practically mean? That you can eventually

Re: comp is simply false?

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 3:53 PM, Brian Tenneson wrote: Are you talking about tautology? On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Stephen P. King stephe...@charter.net mailto:stephe...@charter.net wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:15 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: [SPK] All of this substitution stuff is

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 4:00 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 20:40, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can be emulated by a Universal Turing Machine. It

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 4:49 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 4:00 PM, acw wrote: On 2/16/2012 20:40, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 11:09 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: All of this substitution stuff is predicated upon the possibility that the brain can

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 6:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 12:36 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:13 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 9:58 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: Hi ACW, There is a problem with this way of thinking in that it assumes that all of the properties of objects are

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 5:45 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 6:32 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 12:36 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 2:13 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 9:58 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: Hi ACW, There is a problem with this way of thinking in that it assumes

Re: up to some resource bound

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 7:09 PM, acw wrote: Do you understand at all the stuff about material and idea monism that I have mentioned previously? We are exploring the implications of a very sophisticate form of Ideal Monism that I am very much interested in, as it has, among other wonderful things, an

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 7:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: But QM is consistent with some things (almost all big things) being almost exactly classical. There is no reason to think our brains depend on non-classical processes to perform computations (metabolism - yes, computation - no). Certainly it would be a

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/16/2012 8:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: So Kraus' argument does itself show at least one aspect of how classical teleportation is problematic. I rest my case. But his teleportation, which is based on transmitting the position of every atom in a human body is far more than required for Bruno's

Re: up to some resource bound

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 7:27 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 7:09 PM, acw wrote: Do you understand at all the stuff about material and idea monism that I have mentioned previously? We are exploring the implications of a very sophisticate form of Ideal Monism that I am very much interested in, as

Re: up to some resource bound

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/17/2012 12:00 AM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 7:27 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 7:09 PM, acw wrote: Do you understand at all the stuff about material and idea monism that I have mentioned previously? We are exploring the implications of a very sophisticate form of Ideal

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 7:55 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 7:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: But QM is consistent with some things (almost all big things) being almost exactly classical. There is no reason to think our brains depend on non-classical processes to perform computations (metabolism - yes,

Re: up to some resource bound

2012-02-16 Thread meekerdb
On 2/16/2012 9:53 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: You do realize that this gives a definition of existence that is very different from that that almost all philosophers use. That's OK, Bruno is not a philosopher although he does pretend to be one very well. :-) I don't think it's different.

Re: On Pre-existing Fields

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/17/2012 1:53 AM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 8:20 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 2/16/2012 8:58 PM, meekerdb wrote: So Kraus' argument does itself show at least one aspect of how classical teleportation is problematic. I rest my case. But his teleportation, which is based on

Re: up to some resource bound

2012-02-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 2/17/2012 1:59 AM, meekerdb wrote: On 2/16/2012 9:53 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: You do realize that this gives a definition of existence that is very different from that that almost all philosophers use. That's OK, Bruno is not a philosopher although he does pretend to be one very