Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-29 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, September 29, 2012 2:14:34 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > > > The spark plugs don't fire in response to the will of the driver, the > brain > > does. This isn't magic, this is the ordinary process by which we > parti

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-29 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > The spark plugs don't fire in response to the will of the driver, the brain > does. This isn't magic, this is the ordinary process by which we participate > in the world in every waking moment of our lives. It is not the same. > Building a

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
ger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/28/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-27, 12:52:30 Subject: Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

Re: Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-28 Thread Roger Clough
ist Time: 2012-09-27, 12:52:30 Subject: Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant) On 27 Sep 2012, at 15:08, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Bruno Marchal > wrote: > >> You can approximate consciousness by "belief in self-consistency&qu

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:29:12 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > > >> If physics cannot predict even in theory when the neurons will fire > >> then *by definition* the neurons behave contrary to physics. > > > > > > If t

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/27/2012 10:52 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:45:07 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Craig Weinberg > wrote: >> I object to the idea that consciousness will cause a brain or other >> machine to behave in a way not

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> If physics cannot predict even in theory when the neurons will fire >> then *by definition* the neurons behave contrary to physics. > > > If the neurons fire based on the participation of a personal identity in > response to events in a p

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:45:07 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > > >> I object to the idea that consciousness will cause a brain or other > >> machine to behave in a way not predictable by purely physical laws. > >> Some pe

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> I object to the idea that consciousness will cause a brain or other >> machine to behave in a way not predictable by purely physical laws. >> Some people, like Craig Weinberg, seem to believe that this is >> possible but it is contrary to

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Sep 2012, at 15:08, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: You can approximate consciousness by "belief in self-consistency". This has already a "causal efficacy", notably a relative self-speeding ability (by Gödel "length of proof" theore

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/27/2012 10:22 AM, Jason Resch wrote: I think the only difference in what you are saying and what I am saying, is I say look the zombies can do these things (by their definition), so they must be conscious and there is the inconsistency, whereas you say zombies cannot do these things since

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/27/2012 10:22 AM, Jason Resch wrote: This is to equate reasoning to automatically following an algorithm. This implies perfect predictability at some level and thus the absence of any 1p only aspects. Additionally, the recipe is some thng that needs explanation. How was it f

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > But can you separate the consciousness from that sequence of physical > events > > or not? There are multiple levels involved here and you may be missing > the > > forest for t

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:09:12 AM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Bruno Marchal > > > wrote: > > > You can approximate consciousness by "belief in self-consistency". This > has > > already a "causal efficacy", notably a relative self-speeding ability > (

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:01:12 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Stephen P. King > > > wrote: > >> On 9/26/2012 11:29 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Stathis Papaioannou >> >> > wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 a

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > You can approximate consciousness by "belief in self-consistency". This has > already a "causal efficacy", notably a relative self-speeding ability (by > Gödel "length of proof" theorem). But "belief in self-consistency" is pure > 3p, and is

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > But can you separate the consciousness from that sequence of physical events > or not? There are multiple levels involved here and you may be missing the > forest for the trees by focusing only on the atoms. Saying the > consciousness is irr

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 27 Sep 2012, at 04:24, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: If it has no causal efficacy, what causes someone to talk about the pain they are experiencing? Is it all coincidental? There is a sequence of physical events from the application

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Sep 2012, at 19:37, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:45:09 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Sep 2012, at 19:03, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:43:29 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Sep 2012, at 05:45, Stathis Papaioannou

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-26 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: > On 9/26/2012 11:29 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Stathis Papaioannou > wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Jason Resch >> wrote: >> >> > If it has no causal efficacy, what causes someone to tal

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-26 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/26/2012 11:29 PM, Jason Resch wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Stathis Papaioannou mailto:stath...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Jason Resch mailto:jasonre...@gmail.com>> wrote: > If it has no causal efficacy, what causes someone to talk about t

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-26 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > If it has no causal efficacy, what causes someone to talk about the pain > > they are experiencing? Is it all coincidental? > > There is a sequence of physical events from the

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > If it has no causal efficacy, what causes someone to talk about the pain > they are experiencing? Is it all coincidental? There is a sequence of physical events from the application of the painful stimulus to the subject saying "that hurts",

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:45:09 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Sep 2012, at 19:03, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:43:29 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 25 Sep 2012, at 05:45, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 a

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Sep 2012, at 19:03, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:43:29 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Sep 2012, at 05:45, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Jason Resch > wrote: > >> Pain is anything but epiphenomenal. The fact that someon

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-25 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:43:29 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 25 Sep 2012, at 05:45, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Jason Resch > > > > > > wrote: > > > >> Pain is anything but epiphenomenal. The fact that someone is able > >> to ta

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Sep 2012, at 05:45, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Jason Resch wrote: Pain is anything but epiphenomenal. The fact that someone is able to talk about it rules out it being an epiphenomenon. The behaviour - talking about the pain - could be explained

Re: Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-24 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Jason Resch > wrote: > > > Pain is anything but epiphenomenal. The fact that someone is able to > talk about it rules out it being an epiphenomenon. > > The behaviour - talking about the pain - could

Epiphenomenalism (was: Re: Bruno's Restaurant)

2012-09-24 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > Pain is anything but epiphenomenal. The fact that someone is able to talk > about it rules out it being an epiphenomenon. The behaviour - talking about the pain - could be explained entirely as a sequence of physical events, without any hi

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-21 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:10:10 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > I didn't mean to say that any information can be functionally useful >> without qualia, only that there is a proof of concept for the principle >> that some information can be used functionally without qualia. This is why

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/20/2012 9:45 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, September 20, 2012 9:23:08 PM UTC-4, Stephen Paul King wrote: On 9/20/2012 12:05 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: snip Hi Craig, You need to show how we can get some kind of closure in the map for this to work... O

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, September 20, 2012 9:23:08 PM UTC-4, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > On 9/20/2012 12:05 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:55:27 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 20 Sep 2012, at 16:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thursday, Septem

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/20/2012 12:05 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:55:27 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 20 Sep 2012, at 16:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:14:25 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 20 Sep 2012, at 14:27, Crai

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread meekerdb
On 9/20/2012 7:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 20 Sep 2012, at 14:27, Craig Weinberg wrote: Because we know for a fact that our consciousness correlates with neural activity ... We don't know that. It is a theory, a belief, an assumption, ... Some people have believed that consciousness cor

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:55:27 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Sep 2012, at 16:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:14:25 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 20 Sep 2012, at 14:27, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> Because we know for a fact t

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Sep 2012, at 16:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:14:25 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 20 Sep 2012, at 14:27, Craig Weinberg wrote: Because we know for a fact that our consciousness correlates with neural activity ... We don't know that. It is a th

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:14:25 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 20 Sep 2012, at 14:27, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > Because we know for a fact that our consciousness correlates with neural > activity ... > > > We don't know that. It is a theory, a belief, an assumption, ... > > Som

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
ot;Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-20, 07:33:10 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On 20 Sep 2012, at 12:03, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Jason Resch Pr

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Sep 2012, at 14:27, Craig Weinberg wrote: Because we know for a fact that our consciousness correlates with neural activity ... We don't know that. It is a theory, a belief, an assumption, ... Some people have believed that consciousness correlates to the state of the liver. We ne

Re: Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Roger Clough
following content - From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-20, 07:33:10 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On 20 Sep 2012, at 12:03, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Jason Resch Pragmatically speaking, the self has to be a singular, focussed point. I have trouble un

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:28:05 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > >> oof, this is getting too long. truncation ahoy... the upgraded Google >> Groups keeps spontaneously disposing of my writings. >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 19, 20

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
t - From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list@googlegroups.com Time: 2012-09-19, 11:51:00 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:02 AM, "Roger Clough" wrote: > Hi Jason Resch > > My ionterpretation of the result of the brain splitting on > pain pe

Re: Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-20 Thread Roger Clough
oody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list@googlegroups.com Time: 2012-09-19, 11:51:00 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:02 AM, "Roger Clough" wrote: > Hi Jason Resch > > My ionterpretation of the resul

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > oof, this is getting too long. truncation ahoy... the upgraded Google > Groups keeps spontaneously disposing of my writings. > > > On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:10:10 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >> Yes and no. I think if we are bein

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Craig Weinberg
oof, this is getting too long. truncation ahoy... the upgraded Google Groups keeps spontaneously disposing of my writings. On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:10:10 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > Yes and no. I think if we are being precise, we have to admit that there > is something about the nat

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Jason Resch
following content - From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list@googlegroups.com Time: 2012-09-18, 14:14:31 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On Sep 18, 2012, at 12:53 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 9/18/2012 10:31 AM, Jason Resch wrote: No it is absolutely necessary. If you had no knowledge reg

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Jason Resch
9/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list@googlegroups.com Time: 2012-09-18, 14:14:31 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On Sep 18, 2012, at 12:53 PM, meekerdb wro

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:10:43 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 18 Sep 2012, at 18:05, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:02:21 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >>> My hypothesis is that human qualia is an iconic capitulation of >>> sub-personal and s

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Sep 2012, at 18:05, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:02:21 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: My hypothesis is that human qualia is an iconic capitulation of sub- personal and super-personal qualia - meta qualia which synergistically recovers richer qualities of experien

Re: Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Jason Resch Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/19/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list@googlegroups.com Time: 2012-09-18, 14:14:31 Subject: Re: Bruno&#x

Re: Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Roger Clough
.net 9/19/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list@googlegroups.com Time: 2012-09-18, 14:14:31 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On Sep 18, 2012, at 12:53 PM, me

Re: Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-19 Thread Roger Clough
, unified qualia we "feel". Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/19/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Craig Weinberg Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-18, 16:06:41

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:16:25 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 12:53 PM, meekerdb > > wrote: > > On 9/18/2012 10:31 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > No it is absolutely necessary. If you had no knowledge regarding what you > were seeing, no qualia at all, you would be bli

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 18, 2012, at 12:53 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 9/18/2012 10:31 AM, Jason Resch wrote: No it is absolutely necessary. If you had no knowledge regarding what you were seeing, no qualia at all, you would be blind and dysfunctional. You might cite blund sighr as a counter example, but

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread meekerdb
On 9/18/2012 10:31 AM, Jason Resch wrote: No it is absolutely necessary. If you had no knowledge regarding what you were seeing, no qualia at all, you would be blind and dysfunctional. You might cite blund sighr as a counter example, but actually i think it is evidence of modularity if mind.

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 18, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:29:44 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: Here is an example: Functional MRI scans have indicated that an area of the brain, called the anterior cingulate cortex, processes pain information to determine how a

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:09:54 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 9/18/2012 9:05 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > My hypothesis is that human qualia is an iconic capitulation of >>> sub-personal and super-personal qualia - meta qualia which synergistically >>> recovers richer qualities of

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread meekerdb
On 9/18/2012 9:05 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: My hypothesis is that human qualia is an iconic capitulation of sub-personal and super-personal qualia - meta qualia which synergistically recovers richer qualities of experience from the Totality. Okay. But it will rem

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:02:21 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > >> My hypothesis is that human qualia is an iconic capitulation of >> sub-personal and super-personal qualia - meta qualia which synergistically >> recovers richer qualities of experience from the Totality. >> > > Okay. But

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:29:44 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > Here is an example: > > > Functional MRI scans have indicated that an area of the brain, called the > *anterior cingulate cortex*, processes pain information to determine how > a person is affected. Severing the link to this p

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:02:20 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, September 17, 2012 5:44:16 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: On Sep 17, 20

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:02:20 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > >> >> >> On Monday, September 17, 2012 5:44:16 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 17, 2012, at 3:26 PM, "Stephen P. King" >>> wrote: >>> >>> > On

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 1:50:47 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >>> I think that comp is almost true, except for when applied to >>> consciousness itself, in which case i

Re: Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Jason Resch
/2012 > "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen > > > - Receiving the following content - > From: Jason Resch > Receiver: everything-list > Time: 2012-09-18, 01:50:45 > Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant > > > > >

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Stephen P. King wrote: > On 9/18/2012 12:25 AM, Terren Suydam wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Stephen P. King >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Terren, >>> >>> "Comp is false" is too strong. He is explaining how comp is >>> "incomplete". The movie graph argume

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 1:50:47 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > >> I think that comp is almost true, except for when applied to >> consciousness itself, in which case it is exactly false. I wasn't asserting >> it so much as

Re: Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Roger Clough
rclo...@verizon.net 9/18/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Jason Resch Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-18, 01:50:45 Subject: Re: Bruno's Restaurant On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:1

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-18 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/18/2012 12:25 AM, Terren Suydam wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: Hi Terren, "Comp is false" is too strong. He is explaining how comp is "incomplete". The movie graph argument is flawed. I'm not sure what that means, that comp is incomplete. You either s

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On Monday, September 17, 2012 5:44:16 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sep 17, 2012, at 3:26 PM, "Stephen P. King" >> wrote: >> >> > On 9/17/2012 1:20 PM, Terren Suydam wrote: >> >> Stephen - the Matrix video is a faithful interpre

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > I think that comp is almost true, except for when applied to consciousness > itself, in which case it is exactly false. I wasn't asserting it so much as > I was illustrating exactly why that is the case. Does anyone have any > common sense a

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Terren Suydam
I don't think there is much in the way of "common sense" if you want an explanation of consciousness from comp. I think it is fairly non-intuitive. The mainstream account which holds both comp and materialism doesn't address it. The only account I know of that explains consciousness from comp is B

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Terren Suydam
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: > Hi Terren, > > "Comp is false" is too strong. He is explaining how comp is > "incomplete". The movie graph argument is flawed. I'm not sure what that means, that comp is incomplete. You either start from the assumption that your consci

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Craig Weinberg
I think that comp is almost true, except for when applied to consciousness itself, in which case it is exactly false. I wasn't asserting it so much as I was illustrating exactly why that is the case. Does anyone have any common sense analogy or story which makes sense of comp as a generator of

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, September 17, 2012 5:44:16 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > On Sep 17, 2012, at 3:26 PM, "Stephen P. King" > > > > wrote: > > > On 9/17/2012 1:20 PM, Terren Suydam wrote: > >> Stephen - the Matrix video is a faithful interpretation of comp, but > >> Craig's story is not, unless h

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/17/2012 5:41 PM, Terren Suydam wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 9/17/2012 1:20 PM, Terren Suydam wrote: Stephen - the Matrix video is a faithful interpretation of comp, but Craig's story is not, unless he includes the crucial narrative - that of the simula

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Jason Resch
On Sep 17, 2012, at 3:26 PM, "Stephen P. King" wrote: On 9/17/2012 1:20 PM, Terren Suydam wrote: Stephen - the Matrix video is a faithful interpretation of comp, but Craig's story is not, unless he includes the crucial narrative - that of the simulated Craig eating the simulated meal. I e

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Terren Suydam
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: > On 9/17/2012 1:20 PM, Terren Suydam wrote: >> >> Stephen - the Matrix video is a faithful interpretation of comp, but >> Craig's story is not, unless he includes the crucial narrative - that >> of the simulated Craig eating the simulated me

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/17/2012 1:20 PM, Terren Suydam wrote: Stephen - the Matrix video is a faithful interpretation of comp, but Craig's story is not, unless he includes the crucial narrative - that of the simulated Craig eating the simulated meal. I expect Craig to say that the simulated Craig, the one making th

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, September 17, 2012 1:20:10 PM UTC-4, Terren Suydam wrote: > > Stephen - the Matrix video is a faithful interpretation of comp, but > Craig's story is not, unless he includes the crucial narrative - that > of the simulated Craig eating the simulated meal. I expect Craig to > say that

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-17 Thread Terren Suydam
Stephen - the Matrix video is a faithful interpretation of comp, but Craig's story is not, unless he includes the crucial narrative - that of the simulated Craig eating the simulated meal. I expect Craig to say that the simulated Craig, the one making the yummy noises, is a zombie, and has no actua

Re: Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-16 Thread Stephen P. King
On 9/16/2012 9:29 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: Background: After refusing to serve Bruno's brother in law with the simulated brain at my restaurant, I decide to make peace by inviting myself to go along with Brother in law B1ll to his favorite restaurant. "It's the best in the city!", says B1ll.

Bruno's Restaurant

2012-09-16 Thread Craig Weinberg
Background: After refusing to serve Bruno's brother in law with the simulated brain at my restaurant, I decide to make peace by inviting myself to go along with Brother in law B1ll to his favorite restaurant. "It's the best in the city!", says B1ll. "That sounds great, because I am really hung