Re: Complexity is a sign that you can't get there (necessary reason) from here (contingent reason)

2013-01-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Jan 2013, at 14:48, Roger Clough wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal Complexity can't (or at least need not) be a feature of Platonism, since all of those equations have already been solved or resolved from above. In the outer-god eyes. Perhaps. That makes neoplatonist sense. For God things ar

Re: Complexity is a sign that you can't get there (necessary reason) from here (contingent reason)

2013-01-10 Thread Richard Ruquist
Davies defines a threshold for consciousness based on biological and/or BEC complexity exceeding the comp capacity of the universe: 10^120 bits. http://arxiv.org/ftp/quant-ph/papers/0703/0703041.pdf On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal > > Complexity can't (or

Complexity is a sign that you can't get there (necessary reason) from here (contingent reason)

2013-01-10 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Bruno Marchal Complexity can't (or at least need not) be a feature of Platonism, since all of those equations have already been solved or resolved from above. Complexity is simply an artifact produced by building up from below, without a clue as to what is present above (what is true) Co