Re: How to live forever

2018-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 5 Apr 2018, at 21:52, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 4/5/2018 1:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> On 3 Apr 2018, at 19:40, Brent Meeker wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/3/2018 12:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 3 Apr 2018, at 07:22, Brent

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Brent Meeker
On 4/5/2018 1:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 3 Apr 2018, at 19:40, Brent Meeker wrote: On 4/3/2018 12:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 3 Apr 2018, at 07:22, Brent Meeker wrote: On 3/31/2018 1:30 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Mar 21,

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Mindey I.
On 1 April 2018 at 07:56, Telmo Menezes wrote: > Hey Mindey, > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 11:12 PM, Mindey I. wrote: > > Why not to just define yourself, and then try to re-run yourself? If you > > have a mathematical definition of your own self, you

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Telmo Menezes
> If that is true, the dissociative state can genuinely be identified with the > death state, and, as far as we get there (with salvia for example), the > experience cannot be memorised at all. In fact, it entails that we truly die, > and the one who come back is truly “someone else”, and this

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Telmo Menezes
On 4 April 2018 at 10:21, Russell Standish wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 08:25:59AM +0200, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> Hi Russell, >> >> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Russell Standish >> wrote: >> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 4 Apr 2018, at 22:57, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 4/2/2018 10:53 AM, smitra wrote: >> On 02-04-2018 17:27, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 1 Apr 2018, at 00:29, Lawrence Crowell wrote: On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 2 Apr 2018, at 19:53, smitra wrote: > > On 02-04-2018 17:27, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> On 1 Apr 2018, at 00:29, Lawrence Crowell >>> wrote: >>> On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-6, telmo_menezes >>> wrote: On Sat, Mar 31,

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 4 Apr 2018, at 10:21, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 08:25:59AM +0200, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> Hi Russell, >> >> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Russell Standish >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100,

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 3 Apr 2018, at 19:43, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 4/3/2018 12:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> On 31 Mar 2018, at 10:30, Russell Standish wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Now, is a

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 3 Apr 2018, at 19:40, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 4/3/2018 12:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> On 3 Apr 2018, at 07:22, Brent Meeker wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/31/2018 1:30 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 3 Apr 2018, at 10:37, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 9:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 3 Apr 2018, at 08:25, Telmo Menezes wrote: >>> >>> Hi Russell, >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:30 AM,

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-04 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 at 2:58 am, smitra wrote: > On 02-04-2018 17:27, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 1 Apr 2018, at 00:29, Lawrence Crowell > >> wrote: > >> > >> On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-6, telmo_menezes > >> wrote: > >> > >>>

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-04 Thread Brent Meeker
On 4/2/2018 10:53 AM, smitra wrote: On 02-04-2018 17:27, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 1 Apr 2018, at 00:29, Lawrence Crowell wrote: On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-6, telmo_menezes wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-04 Thread smitra
On 02-04-2018 17:27, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 1 Apr 2018, at 00:29, Lawrence Crowell wrote: On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-6, telmo_menezes wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: You would

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-04 Thread Russell Standish
On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 08:25:59AM +0200, Telmo Menezes wrote: > Hi Russell, > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Russell Standish > wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> > >> Now, is a jellyfish conscious? > >> > >> I bet they

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-04 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 10:22:57PM -0700, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 3/31/2018 1:30 AM, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > Now, is a jellyfish conscious? > > > > > > I bet they are, but not far away from the dissociative and

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-03 Thread Brent Meeker
On 4/3/2018 12:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 31 Mar 2018, at 10:30, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Now, is a jellyfish conscious? I bet they are, but not far away from the dissociative and constant

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-03 Thread Brent Meeker
On 4/3/2018 12:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 3 Apr 2018, at 07:22, Brent Meeker wrote: On 3/31/2018 1:30 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Now, is a jellyfish conscious? I bet they are, but not far away from

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-03 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 9:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 3 Apr 2018, at 08:25, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> Hi Russell, >> >> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Russell Standish >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 31 Mar 2018, at 10:57, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 11:01:22AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 21 Mar 2018, at 01:35, John Clark wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Bruce Kellett

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 31 Mar 2018, at 10:30, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> Now, is a jellyfish conscious? >> >> I bet they are, but not far away from the dissociative and constant >> arithmetical consciousness (of the

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 3 Apr 2018, at 07:22, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 3/31/2018 1:30 AM, Russell Standish wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> Now, is a jellyfish conscious? >>> >>> I bet they are, but not far away from the dissociative and

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 3 Apr 2018, at 08:25, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > Hi Russell, > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Russell Standish > wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> Now, is a jellyfish conscious? >>> >>> I

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-03 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hi Russell, On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Russell Standish wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> Now, is a jellyfish conscious? >> >> I bet they are, but not far away from the dissociative and constant >> arithmetical

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-02 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/31/2018 1:30 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Now, is a jellyfish conscious? I bet they are, but not far away from the dissociative and constant arithmetical consciousness (of the universal machines). As I'm sure you're aware,

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-02 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Now, is a jellyfish conscious? > > I bet they are, but not far away from the dissociative and constant > arithmetical consciousness (of the universal machines). As I'm sure you're aware, I disagree with this. Jellyfish appear

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-02 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 11:01:22AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 21 Mar 2018, at 01:35, John Clark wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Bruce Kellett > > wrote: > > > > ​>​You don't need an

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 31 Mar 2018, at 23:12, Mindey I. wrote: > > Why not to just define yourself, and then try to re-run yourself? If you have > a mathematical definition of your own self, you are already close to living > forever as a running process based on that definition. You cannot.

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-02 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 2:42 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: ​> *​* > *The problem I was alluding to was how to interface with existing > biological systems. You could make a camera that exceeds the performance of > the human eye, but that doesn’t mean you can use it to replace

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-02 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 at 9:15 pm, John Clark wrote: > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 7:43 AM, Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > > >> It's not the wind its diffusion that send the signal on its way, which >>> means exactly where the signal is sent is NOT critical and

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-01 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 7:43 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> It's not the wind its diffusion that send the signal on its way, which >> means exactly where the signal is sent is NOT critical and the time it >> takes to transmit it can't be critical either. So you think

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-01 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 6:42 AM, Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: > *> It may just be a bit like saying because an airplane can fly that it is > equivalent to a bird.* I think the nouns "airplane" and "bird" are not equivalent, however the same adjective "flying" can

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-01 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 at 8:26 am, John Clark wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 5:50 PM, Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > > *​> ​The problem is the biological neurones only understand smoke signals. >> * > > > Not so, we already understand that some

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-01 Thread Lawrence Crowell
It may just be a bit like saying because an airplane can fly that it is equivalent to a bird. LC On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 6:52:43 PM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Lawrence Crowell < > goldenfield...@gmail.com > wrote: > > ​ >> > Take LSD or psilocybin

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 12:29 AM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-6, telmo_menezes wrote: >> >> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell >> wrote: >> > You would have to replicate then

Re: How to live forever

2018-04-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hey Mindey, On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 11:12 PM, Mindey I. wrote: > Why not to just define yourself, and then try to re-run yourself? If you > have a mathematical definition of your own self, you are already close to > living forever as a running process based on that definition.

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: ​ > > Take LSD or psilocybin mushrooms and what enters the brain are chemical > compounds that interact with neural ligand gates. The effect is a change in > the perception of consciousness. > LSD is

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 5:50 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: *​> ​The problem is the biological neurones only understand smoke signals. * Not so, we already understand that some neurotransmitters send smoke signals that excite neurons while others send a inhibitory signal.

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 4:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: ​> ​ > *You would have to replicate then not only the dynamics of neurons, but > every biomolecule in the neurons,* Why? Most of the things neurons do have nothing to do with signal processing, they

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/31/2018 3:29 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-6, telmo_menezes wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > You would have to replicate then not only the dynamics of neurons, but

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-6, telmo_menezes wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > You would have to replicate then not only the dynamics of neurons, but > every > > biomolecule in the neurons, and don't forget

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 at 2:31 am, John Clark wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Lawrence Crowell < > goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > *Yes, and if you replace the entire brain with technology the peg leg >> is expanded into an entire Pinocchio. Would the

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread Mindey I.
Why not to just define yourself, and then try to re-run yourself? If you have a mathematical definition of your own self, you are already close to living forever as a running process based on that definition. Personally, when I try to define myself, I bump into memories of strong sense of

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/31/2018 1:32 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: You would have to replicate then not only the dynamics of neurons, but every biomolecule in the neurons, and don't forget about the oligoastrocytes and other

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread Brent Meeker
On the other hand, somebody could just create a smartass email bot and as far as we know it would be a perfect upload of John Clark. :-) Brent On 3/31/2018 1:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: You would have to replicate then not only the dynamics of neurons, but every biomolecule in the neurons,

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > You would have to replicate then not only the dynamics of neurons, but every > biomolecule in the neurons, and don't forget about the oligoastrocytes and > other glial cells. Many enzymes for instance to

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread Lawrence Crowell
You would have to replicate then not only the dynamics of neurons, but every biomolecule in the neurons, and don't forget about the oligoastrocytes and other glial cells. Many enzymes for instance to multi-state systems, say in a simple case where a single amino acid residue of phosphorylated

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Yes, and if you replace the entire brain with technology the peg leg is > expanded into an entire Pinocchio. Would the really be conscious? It is the > case as well that so much of our mental

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-31 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:30 PM, Brent Meeker wrote: > > I think it very likely that a silicon neuron could work. But it would > work like a peg leg works. You could still get around, but it wouldn't > grow or self heal or tell you when it was hot or cold. My first car

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-30 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 3:36:19 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 27 Mar 2018, at 23:55, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 11:06:51 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 27 Mar 2018, at 00:57, Lawrence Crowell

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 27 Mar 2018, at 23:55, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 11:06:51 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 27 Mar 2018, at 00:57, Lawrence Crowell > > wrote: >> >> On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 11:01:27

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 27 Mar 2018, at 21:58, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 3/27/2018 9:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> There is non zombies with mechanism, not because we can derive consciousness >> from body-behaviour, but because we just cannot do that, as their are no >> really

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 10:30 am, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 3/27/2018 3:59 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 3:56:18 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 3/27/2018 2:26 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 7:27 am,

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 9:59 am, Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 3:56:18 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > >> >> >> On 3/27/2018 2:26 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> > On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 7:27 am, Brent Meeker wrote: >>

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 5:30:37 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 3/27/2018 3:59 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 3:56:18 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 3/27/2018 2:26 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 7:27 am, Brent Meeker

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/27/2018 3:59 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 3:56:18 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: On 3/27/2018 2:26 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 7:27 am, Brent Meeker wrote: On 3/27/2018 10:19 AM, Stathis

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 3:56:18 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 3/27/2018 2:26 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 7:27 am, Brent Meeker > wrote: > >> >> >> On 3/27/2018 10:19 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/27/2018 2:26 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 7:27 am, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 3/27/2018 10:19 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 1:50 am, Lawrence Crowell

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 11:06:51 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 27 Mar 2018, at 00:57, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 11:01:27 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 25 Mar 2018, at 17:34, Lawrence Crowell

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 7:27 am, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 3/27/2018 10:19 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 1:50 am, Lawrence Crowell < > goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 7:21:00 AM UTC-5, stathisp

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 6:13 am, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 3/27/2018 5:20 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On 27 March 2018 at 09:35, Brent Meeker wrote: > >> >> >> On 3/26/2018 3:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> >> If you are not and

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/27/2018 10:19 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 1:50 am, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 7:21:00 AM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: On 27 March 2018 at 09:35,

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/27/2018 9:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: There is non zombies with mechanism, not because we can derive consciousness from body-behaviour, but because we just cannot do that, as their are no really “body-behavior”, as there are no bodies: the intelligence and the consciousness is a

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/27/2018 5:20 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 27 March 2018 at 09:35, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 3/26/2018 3:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: If you are not and never can be aware of it then in what sense is it

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:50 AM, Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: *>This argument ignores scaling. With any network you can replace or change > nodes and connections on a small scale and the system remains largely > unchanged. At a certain critical number of such

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 1:50 am, Lawrence Crowell < goldenfieldquaterni...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 7:21:00 AM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > >> >> >> On 27 March 2018 at 09:35, Brent Meeker wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 3/26/2018 3:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 27 Mar 2018, at 00:57, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 11:01:27 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 25 Mar 2018, at 17:34, Lawrence Crowell > > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sunday, March 25, 2018 at

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 26 Mar 2018, at 22:09, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 3/26/2018 10:10 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> You retreat into what is possible. My question is much more directly >>> pragmatic. If I actually made a silicon based replacement for your brain >>> that had the

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 7:21:00 AM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > > > > On 27 March 2018 at 09:35, Brent Meeker > wrote: > >> >> >> On 3/26/2018 3:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> >> If you are not and never can be aware of it then in what sense is it >>

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 27 March 2018 at 09:35, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 3/26/2018 3:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > If you are not and never can be aware of it then in what sense is it > consciousness? > > > Depends on what you mean by "it". I can be aware of my consciousness, >

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 11:01:27 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Mar 2018, at 17:34, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > > > On Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 5:01:59 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> Yes, and if someone argue that consciousness is not

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/26/2018 3:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 at 6:40 am, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 3/26/2018 8:24 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2018 at 15:20, Brent Meeker

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 at 6:40 am, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 3/26/2018 8:24 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > On 26 March 2018 at 15:20, Brent Meeker wrote: > >> >> >> On 3/25/2018 7:14 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> >> >> On 26 March 2018 at

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/26/2018 10:10 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: You retreat into what is possible.  My question is much more directly pragmatic.  If I actually made a silicon based replacement for your brain that had the same input/output would you consciousness be different if the replacement processed the

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/26/2018 8:24 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2018 at 15:20, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 3/25/2018 7:14 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2018 at 04:57, Brent Meeker

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 25 Mar 2018, at 19:57, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 3/25/2018 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 21 Mar 2018, at 22:56, Brent Meeker >> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/21/2018 2:27 PM, Stathis Papaioannou

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 25 Mar 2018, at 18:02, John Clark wrote: > > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 5:01 AM, Bruno Marchal > wrote: > > ​>> ​if it was all based on the observation of behavior then what you'd end > up with is a scientific

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 25 Mar 2018, at 17:34, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > > > On Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 5:01:59 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> Yes, and if someone argue that consciousness is not maintained whatever the >> substitution level is, it is up to them to

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 25 Mar 2018, at 11:41, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On 25 March 2018 at 20:18, Bruno Marchal > wrote: > >> On 21 Mar 2018, at 23:49, Stathis Papaioannou > > wrote:

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 26 March 2018 at 15:20, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 3/25/2018 7:14 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On 26 March 2018 at 04:57, Brent Meeker wrote: > >> >> >> On 3/25/2018 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 21 Mar 2018, at 22:56, Brent

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/25/2018 7:14 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2018 at 04:57, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 3/25/2018 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 21 Mar 2018, at 22:56, Brent Meeker

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 26 March 2018 at 04:57, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 3/25/2018 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 21 Mar 2018, at 22:56, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 3/21/2018 2:27 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 at 5:45 am, Brent

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Brent Meeker
On 3/25/2018 2:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 21 Mar 2018, at 22:56, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 3/21/2018 2:27 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 at 5:45 am, Brent Meeker

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 5:01 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: ​>> ​ >> if it was all based on the observation of behavior then what you'd end up >> with is a scientific theory about intelligence not consciousness. > > > *​> ​That is right. But if you agree that consciousness is a form

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 5:01:59 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > Yes, and if someone argue that consciousness is not maintained whatever > the substitution level is, it is up to them to explain what in the > brain+local-evirnoment is not Turing emulable. I see only the “wave packet >

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 23 Mar 2018, at 02:46, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2018 at 11:32 am, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > From: Stathis Papaioannou > >> >> On Thu,

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 25 March 2018 at 20:18, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 21 Mar 2018, at 23:49, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 at 9:02 am, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Stathis Papaioannou >> >> >>

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 21 Mar 2018, at 23:49, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 at 9:02 am, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > From: Stathis Papaioannou > >> >> On Wed, 21

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 21 Mar 2018, at 22:56, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 3/21/2018 2:27 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 at 5:45 am, Brent Meeker > > wrote: >> >> >> On 3/20/2018 11:29 PM, Stathis

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 21 Mar 2018, at 01:35, John Clark wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > > ​>​You don't need an instrument that can give a clean yes/no answer to the > presence of

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, 23 Mar 2018 at 11:32 am, Bruce Kellett wrote: > From: Stathis Papaioannou > > > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 at 9:02 am, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > >> From: Stathis Papaioannou < stath...@gmail.com> >>

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruce Kellett
From: *Stathis Papaioannou* > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 at 9:02 am, Bruce Kellett > wrote: From: *Stathis Papaioannou* > On Wed,

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 22 Mar 2018, at 02:34, Kim Jones wrote: > > What if we already live forever? Why in fact, do people think that just > because we die that we go away or cease to exist? What if Nature has already > solved the problem? Why would you spend a motza to ensure you

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 21 Mar 2018, at 20:39, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 3/21/2018 8:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 20 Mar 2018, at 00:56, Brent Meeker >> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/19/2018 2:19 PM, John Clark wrote:

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 21 Mar 2018, at 00:27, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > From: Telmo Menezes > >> >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 1:03 AM, Bruce Kellett >> > wrote: >> >> >

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Mar 2018, at 20:34, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 3/20/2018 3:58 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >>> The interesting thing is that you can draw conclusions about consciousness >>> without being able to define it or detect it. >> I agree. >> >>> The claim is that IF an

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Mar 2018, at 17:52, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 3:57:31 AM UTC-5, telmo_menezes wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 1:03 AM, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > > From: Telmo Menezes

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Mar 2018, at 17:03, John Clark wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 7:06 PM, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > > > If the theory is that if the observable behaviour of the brain is > > replicated, then

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Mar 2018, at 09:57, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 1:03 AM, Bruce Kellett > wrote: >> From: Telmo Menezes >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:06 AM, Bruce Kellett >>

Re: How to live forever

2018-03-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
> On 20 Mar 2018, at 06:46, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 at 10:09 am, Bruce Kellett > wrote: > From: Stathis Papaioannou > > >> >> It is

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