Re: A question for Bruno

Hi Charles, On 28 Aug 2016, at 04:37, Charles Goodwin wrote (to Telmo and Russell): Thank you, we should have remembered that zig-zag approach! Yes, that's the dovetailing, and we cannot avoid it because there is no algorithmic procedure to decide if a program (with or without input)

What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

I have found a nice paper Jan Westerhoff, What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain, Erkenntnis (2016) 81:507–528 The author considers the logical consequences from the theory that the brain generates a virtual world. Below is how Richard Dawkins describes the theory

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

Am 28.08.2016 um 18:07 schrieb Jason Resch: Why do we dream? I think it is because the brain is a dreaming machine. Waking life is merely a dream kept roughly in sync with reality through clues passed in from the senses. But this is exactly the question. What reality is for someone that

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

That would imply that people in sensory deprivation tanks would dream. I don't think they do though they experience sensory illusions. Of course the interesting question is why do we sleep. When you're asleep you're not actually deprived of sensory perception. Most people will awake

Re: What it Means to Live in a Virtual World Generated by Our Brain

Why do we dream? I think it is because the brain is a dreaming machine. Waking life is merely a dream kept roughly in sync with reality through clues passed in from the senses. Jason On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 4:29 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: > I have found a nice paper > > Jan