Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 26 Mar 2014, at 2:23 pm, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 March 2014 14:57, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: I agree but I don't think you need to refer to QM at all. The conclusion would still follow in a classical infinite universe. I don't see that, because you

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/25/2014 9:52 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 1:46 pm, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/25/2014 6:50 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2014 12:45, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote:

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/25/2014 9:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 1:56 pm, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/25/2014 6:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2014 12:55, LizR lizj...@gmail.com mailto:lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 26

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/25/2014 11:06 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 2:23 pm, LizR lizj...@gmail.com mailto:lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 March 2014 14:57, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com mailto:stath...@gmail.com wrote: I agree but I don't think you need to refer to QM at

Re: [foar] Amoeba's Secret now available in paperback

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
Thank you Russell, I have ordered my copy. On 26 March 2014 17:39, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: From your Amazon store near you. http://www.amazon.com/Amoebas-Secret-Bruno-Marchal/dp/1495992799/ Cheers --

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 26 March 2014 16:55, chris peck chris_peck...@hotmail.com wrote: But that's assuming you *don't* live forever, so you aren't answering the other poster's comment. Sure it does and I'm not assuming that. It makes no difference whether I live forever or not. That's quite an unusual

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 26 March 2014 17:13, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/25/2014 9:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: You don't need an *exact* copy, just a good enough copy. If an exact copy were needed, either at the quantum level or to an infinite number of decimal places, then we could not

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 26 March 2014 22:38, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 March 2014 17:13, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/25/2014 9:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: You don't need an *exact* copy, just a good enough copy. If an exact copy were needed, either at the quantum

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2014-03-26 2:45 GMT+01:00 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 3/25/2014 6:34 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2014 12:15, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: An infinite universe (Tegmark type 1) implies that our consciousness flits about from one copy of us to another and

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2014-03-26 7:13 GMT+01:00 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 3/25/2014 9:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 1:56 pm, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/25/2014 6:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2014 12:55, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: Chaitin's Metabiology

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Mar 2014, at 19:33, bs...@cornell.edu wrote: If DNA +/- something else is a universal programing language and we manage to figure out how to operate that... it might indeed indicate that a new trillion$ technology is looming. It exists. It is part of biotechnology. I have worked

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Mar 2014, at 21:31, LizR wrote: On 26 March 2014 06:52, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 25 Mar 2014, at 04:24, LizR wrote: But Tegmark goes further. He doesn't say that the universe is isomorphic to a mathematical structure; he says that it is that structure, that its

Re: [foar] COMP = no cloning?

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Mar 2014, at 21:37, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 24 Mar 2014, at 20:18, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno, How does cloning differ from asking the doctor. Forgive me but it seems that you are being contradictory-

Re: Amoeba's Secret now available in paperback

2014-03-26 Thread Kim Jones
Thank you Russell I have ordered my copy two. Kim Jones B. Mus. GDTL Email: kimjo...@ozemail.com.au kmjco...@icloud.com Mobile: 0450 963 719 Phone: 02 93894239 Web: http://www.eportfolio.kmjcommp.com Never let your schooling get in the way of your education - Mark Twain

Re: [foar] COMP = no cloning?

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Mar 2014, at 21:41, Richard Ruquist wrote: I presume that FPI includes consciousness. In the sense that the FPI domain is the 1p experience. So ti seems that the consciousness level is below the substitution level It is at the substitution level, by definition. It is also below

Re: Amoeba's Secret now available in paperback

2014-03-26 Thread Kim Jones
Thank you Russell I have ordered my copy two Kim Jones B. Mus. GDTL Email: kimjo...@ozemail.com.au kmjco...@icloud.com Mobile: 0450 963 719 Phone: 02 93894239 Web: http://www.eportfolio.kmjcommp.com Never let your schooling get in the way of your education - Mark Twain

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Mar 2014, at 00:12, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 25 March 2014 16:58, chris peck chris_peck...@hotmail.com wrote: I think you're missing Scott's point. The universe is obviously isomorphic to a mathematical structure, in fact infinitely many different mathematical structures,

Re: Nova Spivack on 'Consciousness is More Fundamental Than Computation'

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Mar 2014, at 01:21, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:42:03 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Mar 2014, at 21:36, Craig Weinberg wrote: http://www.novaspivack.com/uncategorized/consciousness-is-not-a-computation-2 Come on, the guy believe in Aristotelian

Re: Chaitin's Metabiology

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Mar 2014, at 01:31, LizR wrote: On 26 March 2014 04:35, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 24 Mar 2014, at 20:32, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Is there anything in particle physics that emulates the processing capabilities of computers, analog or digital? My question goes below

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Mar 2014, at 01:37, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2014 11:29, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 March 2014 12:12, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: An infinite universe (Tegmark type 1) implies that our consciousness flits about from one copy of us to

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 01:37, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2014 11:29, LizR lizj...@gmail.comjavascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lizj...@gmail.com'); wrote: On 26 March 2014 12:12, Stathis Papaioannou

Re: Nova Spivack on 'Consciousness is More Fundamental Than Computation'

2014-03-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:40:40 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 01:21, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:42:03 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Mar 2014, at 21:36, Craig Weinberg wrote:

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Mar 2014, at 02:23, Russell Standish wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 07:34:56PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Unless, indeed, or just in part, but he acknowledged my work in some draft he sent me, then they disappeared in the public version, making him either a coward, or an opportunist

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Mar 2014, at 02:48, Joseph Knight wrote: On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 8:23:10 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 07:34:56PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Unless, indeed, or just in part, but he acknowledged my work in some draft he sent me, then they disappeared

Re: Entropy and curved spacetime

2014-03-26 Thread John Clark
Jesse Mazer laserma...@gmail.com wrote: For 2 things to be in the same macrostate small changes to the microstate must make no difference the way the things behave at the largest scale First you say Macrostates are defined only in terms of a set of *present* microstates and then you give a

Set theory Undermines Theism

2014-03-26 Thread Richard Ruquist
Taxpayers fund creationism in the classroom About that Taxpayer Funded Creationism: Why Set Theory?? Some fine Daily Kos diarists, as well as the estimable Charles P. Pierce at Esquire, have highlighted the new article in Politico today called Taxpayers fund creationism in the classroom... In

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Mar 2014, at 04:22, chris peck wrote: It's a pretty significant dodgy metaphysical consequence if you actually live forever. Its many things. Interesting, strange, wonderful and so on but the one thing it isn't is significant. The continuation of an experiential history on some

Re: Chaitin's Metabiology

2014-03-26 Thread spudboy100
Years back, Clifford Pickover at IBM came up the identical (indexical?) notion, using bicycle parts, jello cubes in all the refrigerators on Earth, and flocks of birds. It would be a great thing if we were somehow to capture actual programs being run in cloud formations. I don't even guess

Re: [foar] COMP = no cloning?

2014-03-26 Thread spudboy100
we want information..information...information... You are number 6, I am number 2. Get him rover -Original Message- From: LizR lizj...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, Mar 25, 2014 2:59 am Subject: Re: [foar] COMP = no cloning? On 25 March

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/26/2014 2:38 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2014 17:13, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/25/2014 9:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: You don't need an *exact* copy, just a good enough copy. If an exact copy were needed,

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/26/2014 2:54 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-03-26 2:45 GMT+01:00 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net: On 3/25/2014 6:34 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 March 2014 12:15, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote:

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/26/2014 2:57 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-03-26 7:13 GMT+01:00 meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net: On 3/25/2014 9:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 1:56 pm, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote:

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 05:06:46PM +1100, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: The engineering tolerance of the brain must be finite (and far higher than the Planck level) if we are to survive from moment to moment, and that implies there are only a finite number of possible brains and hence mental

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thursday, March 27, 2014, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 05:06:46PM +1100, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: The engineering tolerance of the brain must be finite (and far higher than the Planck level) if we are to survive from moment to moment, and that

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 08:30:41AM +1100, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Thursday, March 27, 2014, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 05:06:46PM +1100, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: The engineering tolerance of the brain must be finite (and far higher

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 27 March 2014 09:28, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: Yes, I agree. Survive isn't well defined at the quantum level. The same kind of reasoning that leads people to say we're immortal, also implies we're always dying. As far as I can tell, quantum immortality requires that we are

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 27 March 2014 10:30, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: Unless you allow brains to grow infinitely big, there are only a finite number of possible brains even in an infinite universe. With sufficiently advanced technology (e.g. uploading yourself to a digital brain), the upper

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 27 March 2014 11:30, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: infinitely big in either space or time ... - yes, well why not? We consider Turing machines that can run for ever with a potentially infinite tape. I think infinite in time but not space implies a Nietzschean eternal

Re: Nova Spivack on 'Consciousness is More Fundamental Than Computation'

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 27 March 2014 04:00, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:40:40 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 01:21, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:42:03 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Mar 2014, at 21:36, Craig

Re: Chaitin's Metabiology

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 27 March 2014 08:46, spudboy...@aol.com wrote: Years back, Clifford Pickover at IBM came up the identical (indexical?) notion, using bicycle parts, jello cubes in all the refrigerators on Earth, and flocks of birds. It would be a great thing if we were somehow to capture actual programs

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:31:25AM +1300, LizR wrote: On 27 March 2014 11:30, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: infinitely big in either space or time ... - yes, well why not? We consider Turing machines that can run for ever with a potentially infinite tape. I think

Re: Scott Aaronson vs. Max Tegmark

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 27 March 2014 11:53, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:31:25AM +1300, LizR wrote: On 27 March 2014 11:30, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: infinitely big in either space or time ... - yes, well why not? We consider Turing

Re: Nova Spivack on 'Consciousness is More Fundamental Than Computation'

2014-03-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:35:18 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: On 27 March 2014 04:00, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:40:40 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Mar 2014, at 01:21, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Re: Max and FPI

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
I've read Mr Kent's paper, or most of it (I'm afraid with limited time I skipped a few bits that seemed incoherent to my fuzzy brain at least) and I have to admit it didn't appear to say anything for or against the MWI except that (a) he obviously doesn't like it, and (b) some people have

Re: Max and FPI

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/26/2014 7:05 PM, LizR wrote: I've read Mr Kent's paper, or most of it (I'm afraid with limited time I skipped a few bits that seemed incoherent to my fuzzy brain at least) and I have to admit it didn't appear to say anything for or against the MWI except that (a) he obviously doesn't like

Re: Max and FPI

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 27 March 2014 15:36, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/26/2014 7:05 PM, LizR wrote: I've read Mr Kent's paper, or most of it (I'm afraid with limited time I skipped a few bits that seemed incoherent to my fuzzy brain at least) and I have to admit it didn't appear to say anything

Re: Max and FPI

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/26/2014 8:14 PM, LizR wrote: On 27 March 2014 15:36, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 3/26/2014 7:05 PM, LizR wrote: I've read Mr Kent's paper, or most of it (I'm afraid with limited time I skipped a few bits that seemed incoherent to my

Re: Max and FPI

2014-03-26 Thread LizR
On 27 March 2014 16:33, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think you can infer anything about gender preference for triple or bust vs maintain what we've got from evolutionary biology. Well OK, but what I've read (and indeed observed and experienced throughout my life) indicates

Re: Max and FPI

2014-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/26/2014 9:03 PM, LizR wrote: On 27 March 2014 16:33, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I don't think you can infer anything about gender preference for triple or bust vs maintain what we've got from evolutionary biology. Well OK, but what I've