Re: New Mersenne Prime number found

I should have posted this here. This is the next prime that is 2^p -1. LC On Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 7:36:39 PM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > It was announced > ​ on Thursday that ​ > 2^77,232,917 -1 is > ​ a prime number, the largest one know, ​it has > 23,249,425 > digits and is the ​ >

Re: What falsifiability tests has computationalism passed?

> On 5 Jan 2018, at 01:55, Bruce Kellett wrote: > > On 4/01/2018 11:00 pm, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> Yes, in my Conscience and Mechanism appendices, or in the appendice of the >> Lille thesis. I translated a Bell’s inequality in arithmetic, but cannot >> test it due

Re: What falsifiability tests has computationalism passed?

> On 6 Jan 2018, at 20:39, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > On 1/6/2018 2:11 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> Is the Mars Rover conscious? >> >> Probably not, because, despite it run a conscious universal machine, Mars >> Rover itself might not be universal, and still less

Re: What falsifiability tests has computationalism passed?

On 7 January 2018 at 09:52, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 6 Jan 2018, at 21:09, David Nyman wrote: > > > > On 6 Jan 2018 19:46, "Bruno Marchal" wrote: > > > On 5 Jan 2018, at 21:04, David Nyman wrote: > > > > On

Re: What falsifiability tests has computationalism passed?

On 1/7/2018 1:58 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 6 Jan 2018, at 20:39, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 1/6/2018 2:11 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Is the Mars Rover conscious? Probably not, because, despite it run a conscious universal machine, Mars

Re: Fermi Paradox defined and solved (in 15 minutes)

On 1/7/2018 1:16 PM, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: When I was a Branch Head there was a sign on the wall above my desk.  It read:  THERE IS NO "THEY". The meaning being "no alien visitations"?  And you know that how? Woman's intuition?  AG Meaning that whatever "they" you had

Re: Fermi Paradox defined and solved (in 15 minutes)

On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 8:49:20 PM UTC-7, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 8:34:21 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 1/3/2018 6:00 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 3:43:14 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: >>> >>>

Re: Fermi Paradox defined and solved (in 15 minutes)

On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 01:16:29PM -0800, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 9:02:32 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: > > When I was a Branch Head there was a sign on the wall above my desk. It > > read: THERE IS NO "THEY". > > > > The meaning being "no alien

Re: Fermi Paradox defined and solved (in 15 minutes)

On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 01:52:00PM -0800, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > Can't you appreciate the humor? AG No - it came across as obtuse. If it was meant to be humour, it backfired. -- Dr Russell Standish

Re: Fermi Paradox defined and solved (in 15 minutes)

On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 02:06:23PM -0800, agrayson2...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 3:03:11 PM UTC-7, Russell Standish wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 01:52:00PM -0800, agrays...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > > > > Can't you appreciate the humor? AG > > > > No -

Re: Fermi Paradox defined and solved (in 15 minutes)

On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 9:02:32 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: > > > > On 1/3/2018 7:49 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 8:34:21 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 1/3/2018 6:00 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Re: Fermi Paradox defined and solved (in 15 minutes)

On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 2:44:05 PM UTC-7, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 01:16:29PM -0800, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 9:02:32 PM UTC-7, Brent wrote: > > > When I was a Branch Head there was a sign on the wall above

Re: Fermi Paradox defined and solved (in 15 minutes)

On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 3:03:11 PM UTC-7, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 01:52:00PM -0800, agrays...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > Can't you appreciate the humor? AG > > No - it came across as obtuse. If it was meant to be humour, it backfired. > Be honest. Even if

Re: What falsifiability tests has computationalism passed?

> On 6 Jan 2018, at 21:09, David Nyman wrote: > > > > On 6 Jan 2018 19:46, "Bruno Marchal" > wrote: > >> On 5 Jan 2018, at 21:04, David Nyman > > wrote: >> >> >>