Re: Let There Be Something

2005-11-06 Thread Russell Standish
Yes - that's exactly what I meant. Assuming computationalism, consciousness is implied. I do not always assume computationalism :) ... On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 02:51:24PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Le 05-nov.-05, ? 08:22, Russell Standish a ?crit : Game of Life is an example 2D system

Re: Let There Be Something

2005-11-06 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 09:57:17AM -0500, Bob Hearn wrote: On Nov 5, 2005, at 2:22 AM, Russell Standish wrote: Game of Life is an example 2D system capable of universal computation. I'm not sure this implies consciousness is possible in 2D, but it needs to be considered. It does imply

Re: Let There Be Something

2005-11-06 Thread Bob Hearn
On Nov 6, 2005, at 2:34 AM, Russell Standish wrote:On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 09:57:17AM -0500, Bob Hearn wrote:However, one can easily imagine a perceptual 2D world existing for  conscious entities. Even if there is no self-consistent 2D physics  leading to atoms, planets, etc., one can