Re: Questions about the Equivalence Principle (EP) and GR

On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 11:42:33 AM UTC-7, Brent wrote: > > > > On 3/6/2019 1:27 AM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 1:03:16 AM UTC-7, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> On 3/5/2019 10:02 PM, agrays...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at

Re: What is the largest integer you can write in 5 seconds?

> On 5 Mar 2019, at 19:05, John Clark wrote: > > It's easy to prove that the Busy Beaver Function grows faster than ANY > computable function because if there were such a faster growing function you > could use it to solve the Halting Problem. So if you're ever in a contest to > see who can

Re: What is the largest integer you can write in 5 seconds?

On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 8:18 AM Bruno Marchal wrote: *> Usually, when asked to name a big number, we mean to provide a number > that e can compute in a finite time (no matter how long). BB(8000) will be > rejected, because it is not a definite description, or name, because BB is > not

Re: Are there real numbers that cannot be defined?

> On 6 Mar 2019, at 14:43, John Clark wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 8:30 AM Bruno Marchal > wrote: > > > You confirm my theory that strong (non agnostic) atheism is radical > > religious fundamentalism > > I've never heard you or anybody else criticize me that

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

> On 6 Mar 2019, at 20:57, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > wrote: > > > > On 3/6/2019 5:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> Every time I mention this you strike back at the straw man of primitive >>> matter...which I never refer to. >> But then, why do you criticise the theorem? Maybe you

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

> On 6 Mar 2019, at 22:10, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 12:20:13 PM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > We cannot predict in advance if a machine will stop. The extensional equality > of machines, or combinators, is unsolvable. > > > > There is some

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

> On 7 Mar 2019, at 05:48, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > wrote: > > > > On 3/6/2019 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> I use mechanism in the sense that if little daemon substitute each piece of >> my brain, at some resolution level, by functional digital equivalent, then >> my

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 12:20:13 PM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 6 Mar 2019, at 11:47, Lawrence Crowell > wrote: > > On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 6:24:35 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 3 Mar 2019, at 20:49, Lawrence Crowell >> wrote: >> >> On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

On 3/7/2019 2:15 PM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: This makes a lot of sense, for in the biological world certain problems that are NP are figured out. This runs from ants finding the minimal distance for their trails or even protistans negotiating some space. Ants are good at approximately

Re: When Did Consciousness Begin?

On 3/7/2019 8:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 6 Mar 2019, at 20:57, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > wrote: On 3/6/2019 5:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Every time I mention this you strike back at the straw man of primitive matter...which I

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

On 3/7/2019 9:11 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 7 Mar 2019, at 05:48, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List wrote: On 3/6/2019 10:20 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: I use mechanism in the sense that if little daemon substitute each piece of my brain, at some resolution level, by functional digital

Re: Recommend this article, Even just for the Wheeler quote near the end

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 11:47:41 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 6 Mar 2019, at 22:10, Philip Thrift > > wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 12:20:13 PM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> >> We cannot predict in advance if a machine will stop. The extensional >>