Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Mar 2012, at 06:07, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 Bruno Marchal wrote: > so you do get the point of the difference of the 3-view and the 1- view, Truer words were never spoken. If 2 different consciousnesses can not be distinguished in my symmetrical room from the first

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Mar 2012, at 02:42, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Mar 26, 11:41 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Mar 2012, at 22:59, Craig Weinberg wrote: What is it you think my theory wants you not to ask? Where does matter come from? Matter comes from sense, as does 'where' and 'come from'. I can

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-28 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> If 2 different consciousnesses can not be distinguished in my > symmetrical room from the first person point of view or from the third > person point of view then it seems pointless to insist that there are > really 2 and not just one mi

Re: Theology or not theology (Re: COMP theology)

2012-03-28 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/3/28 John Clark > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> >> If 2 different consciousnesses can not be distinguished in my >> symmetrical room from the first person point of view or from the third >> person point of view then it seems pointless to insist that there are >

Re: For Evgenii: the-unavoidable-cost-of-computation-revealed

2012-03-28 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
Brent, Thank you for your answer. I have thought more and I believe that now I understand the paper better. I would agree that an ideal potential barrier, provided it is created intelligently, does not inject the energy in a micro- and a macrosystem. Well, if a potential barrier has some thi