Re: The MGA revisited

2015-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2015, at 04:36, Bruce Kellett wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: On 06 Apr 2015, at 13:25, Bruce Kellett wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: To be more precise, I should explain you how computations and emulation is defined in arithmetic, in term of the truth of elementary number theoretical

Re: The MGA revisited

2015-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2015, at 04:51, Bruce Kellett wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: On 06 Apr 2015, at 13:25, Bruce Kellett wrote: You want a dynamic like in physics, a function from time to space, but in computer science, and to understand the problem here, the dynamics are given by function from N to

Re: Life in the Islamic State for women

2015-04-07 Thread Samiya Illias
John wrote: 'Scriptures (all of them, from the pre-Hebrew ones to the most recent ones) are HUMANLY written (published?) and some (e.g. the Quran) only in ONE *human* language, even prohibiting a translation).' The Quran, revealed in Arabic, has been translated in several languages, and even in

Re: The MGA revisited

2015-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2015, at 08:47, Russell Standish wrote: On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 12:51:30PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: I think that Russell is right when he suggested that even by step seven your dovetailer has to be running in Platonia, not in a physical embodiment. This has to do with the fact

Re: The MGA revisited

2015-04-07 Thread Russell Standish
On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 12:51:30PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: I think that Russell is right when he suggested that even by step seven your dovetailer has to be running in Platonia, not in a physical embodiment. This has to do with the fact that the dovetailer can never complete. It is

Re: The MGA revisited

2015-04-07 Thread Bruce Kellett
Russell Standish wrote: On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 12:51:30PM +1000, Bruce Kellett wrote: So no conscious moment, even in with a dovetailer in Platonia, can ever be completely counterfactually correct, because there will always be related sequences of states that never get to be computed -- no

RE: Histones (proteins that form the scaffolding around which DNA wraps itself may also themselves be involved in heredity processes

2015-04-07 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LizR Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 9:19 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Histones (proteins that form the scaffolding around which DNA wraps itself may also themselves be involved

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2015, at 01:57, John Clark wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: Assuming you're like me, you perceive yourself as a single entity travelling through time in the forward direction. You? Mr. John Clark The Moscow Man will perceive a single

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Apr 2015, at 01:22, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Monday, April 6, 2015, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 05 Apr 2015, at 00:01, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Sunday, April 5, 2015, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 04 Apr 2015, at 00:03, Stathis Papaioannou

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tuesday, 7 April 2015, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 06 Apr 2015, at 01:22, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: I agree that if comp is true then consciousness cannot supervene on physical activity, for the reasons in the MGA thread. OK. Thanks for making this clear. The only

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread Telmo Menezes
You left out traveling through time in a forward direction. Who is traveling through time in a forward direction, Mr. John Clark or Mr. John Clark The Helsinki Man? Have you ever met anyone who doesn't feel like they are travelling through time in a forward direction? many worlds

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2015, at 15:06, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Tuesday, 7 April 2015, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 06 Apr 2015, at 01:22, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: I agree that if comp is true then consciousness cannot supervene on physical activity, for the reasons in the MGA

Re: The Object

2015-04-07 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
I know people who do math really well, I am eternally envious. The feudalism thing is likely correct but beyond this specific discussion. They are winning and we are not. I add, sigh! -Original Message- From: LizR lizj...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 07 Apr 2015, at 15:06, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Tuesday, 7 April 2015, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','marc...@ulb.ac.be'); wrote: On 06 Apr 2015, at 01:22, Stathis Papaioannou

Re: The Object

2015-04-07 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Hi Liz, The guy was a computer sci dude before he shifted to philosophy. He's a phil prof at William Patterson University, in New Jersey, the States. He has downloadable papers at his Ericsteinhart.com website, and is view-able with short lectures, no longer than 7 minutes on Youtube, usually

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2015, at 19:35, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Who is traveling through time in a forward direction, Mr. John Clark or Mr. John Clark The Helsinki Man? We have agree that both the W-man and the M-man are the H-man. Yes but you

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:44 PM, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: you feel that you are the same person from day to day and year to year, even if you know this is an illusion. How would things be different if this were not an illusion? You are less the same person compared

Re: The Object

2015-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2015, at 20:19, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: I know people who do math really well, I am eternally envious. Math is the easiest branch to understand; it needs only works to get the results of the others. I think Gauss said that, and I agree, but unfortunately math is

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Who is traveling through time in a forward direction, Mr. John Clark or Mr. John Clark The Helsinki Man? We have agree that both the W-man and the M-man are the H-man. Yes but you didn't answer my question and the answer is

Re: Life in the Islamic State for women

2015-04-07 Thread John Mikes
Samiya, please allow me one (two?) little questions: -- How can you tell a 'real' interpreter of God's words from a pretender? -- and I do not only refer to the 'publication' of the entire Script, there may be VAST differences between practical interpretations of the rightfully published details,

Re: Histones (proteins that form the scaffolding around which DNA wraps itself may also themselves be involved in heredity processes

2015-04-07 Thread John Mikes
Liz: passed on - do you mean survives AS IS? I think whatever is added incubates into the complexity of the new creature into fitting, not 'as was' in the mother. And- I think mitochondria IS a cell within the larger one in symbiotic life. Chris is most likely right: FROM THE MOTHER only. And it

Fwd: program vs. model (a quote)

2015-04-07 Thread meekerdb
This book may be of interest to the list. Brent Forwarded Message /there is nothing like having to actually program a model to force you to face the music/ http://www.amazon.com/Computing-Mind-How-Really-Works/dp/0195320670/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2 Shimon Edelman -

Re: Histones (proteins that form the scaffolding around which DNA wraps itself may also themselves be involved in heredity processes

2015-04-07 Thread John Mikes
Apologies: MITOCHONDRIUM - I S - and mitochondria -are. JM On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:14 PM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Liz: passed on - do you mean survives AS IS? I think whatever is added incubates into the complexity of the new creature into fitting, not 'as was' in the

Re: Histones (proteins that form the scaffolding around which DNA wraps itself may also themselves be involved in heredity processes

2015-04-07 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: John Mikes jami...@gmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 2:03 PM Subject: Re: Histones (proteins that form the scaffolding around which DNA wraps itself may also themselves be involved in heredity processes Apologies: MITOCHONDRIUM  -   I

Re: Michael Graziano's theory of consciousness

2015-04-07 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: Who is traveling through time in a forward direction, Mr. John Clark or Mr. John Clark The Helsinki Man? Have you ever met anyone who doesn't feel like they are travelling through time in a forward

Re: The MGA revisited

2015-04-07 Thread Bruce Kellett
Bruno Marchal wrote: On 07 Apr 2015, at 04:51, Bruce Kellett wrote: I understand what you are claiming, but I do not agree with it. The primary physical universe certainly exists, Then computationalism is false. But what are your evidence for a *primary* physical universe. That is an axiom

Fwd: America: Bankrupt Living on Borrowed Time

2015-04-07 Thread meekerdb
For Telmo. Brent Forwarded Message Thomas Jefferson is credited with the following sage advice, /“The *central bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the Principles and form of our Constitution*. I am an Enemy to all banks discounting bills

Re: The Object

2015-04-07 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Ha! I can believe that a hypercomputing lobian machine can zip through the platonic realities that likely exist, but I must say professor Marchal, that experiencing mathematics at the chalk board, my dendrites do not function as well as your own. I will say the obvious that my neurological

RE: DNA Wormholes can cause cancer (what!?)

2015-04-07 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] Subject: Re: DNA Wormholes can cause cancer (what!?) Chris, Hi. It sounds like you might be in computing since you mentioned some terms like reposited (I've never heard of that in bio!)? Yeah

Re: The Object

2015-04-07 Thread LizR
More from those crazy mathematicians http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-chase-moonshine-s-shadow/ Mathematicians weren’t sure that the monster group actually existed, but they knew that if it did exist, it acted in special ways in particular dimensions, the first two of