Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-02 Thread LizR
On 2 July 2014 17:03, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/1/2014 9:40 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 July 2014 15:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/1/2014 6:52 PM, LizR wrote: Interesting. How is the energy required to erase a single bit reducible to statistical

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-02 Thread LizR
On 2 July 2014 17:06, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/1/2014 9:42 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 July 2014 15:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: OK, so how does that work? Like I said, I don't understand it. Intuitively, saying that A causes B and B causes A doesn't appear to

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Jul 2014, at 22:10, meekerdb wrote: On 7/1/2014 12:04 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In a way, all of fundamental physics posits information theoretic entities. Particles are nothing more than what satisfies particle equations. Bruno complains about Aristotle and primitive matter,

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread meekerdb
On 6/30/2014 9:35 PM, LizR wrote: ISTM... In primitive materialism, what exists are space / time and matter / energy. Information is an emergent property of the arrangements of those things, like entropy. Neither of these exist at the level of fundamental particles, or Planck cells, or

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread LizR
On 1 July 2014 17:59, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 6/30/2014 9:35 PM, LizR wrote: ISTM... In primitive materialism, what exists are space / time and matter / energy. Information is an emergent property of the arrangements of those things, like entropy. Neither of these exist

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread meekerdb
On 7/1/2014 1:01 AM, LizR wrote: On 1 July 2014 17:59, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 6/30/2014 9:35 PM, LizR wrote: ISTM... In primitive materialism, what exists are space / time and matter / energy. Information is an emergent property of

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Jul 2014, at 06:35, LizR wrote: ISTM... In primitive materialism, what exists are space / time and matter / energy. Information is an emergent property of the arrangements of those things, like entropy. Neither of these exist at the level of fundamental particles, or Planck cells,

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Jul 2014, at 07:59, meekerdb wrote: On 6/30/2014 9:35 PM, LizR wrote: ISTM... In primitive materialism, what exists are space / time and matter / energy. Information is an emergent property of the arrangements of those things, like entropy. Neither of these exist at the level of

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread meekerdb
On 7/1/2014 12:04 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: In a way, all of fundamental physics posits information theoretic entities. Particles are nothing more than what satisfies particle equations. Bruno complains about Aristotle and primitive matter, but I don't know any physicists who go around

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread LizR
On 2 July 2014 05:33, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/1/2014 1:01 AM, LizR wrote: On 1 July 2014 17:59, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 6/30/2014 9:35 PM, LizR wrote: ISTM... In primitive materialism, what exists are space / time and matter / energy. Information

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread meekerdb
On 7/1/2014 6:52 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 July 2014 05:33, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/1/2014 1:01 AM, LizR wrote: On 1 July 2014 17:59, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 6/30/2014 9:35 PM, LizR

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread LizR
On 2 July 2014 15:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/1/2014 6:52 PM, LizR wrote: Interesting. How is the energy required to erase a single bit reducible to statistical mechanics? Erasing a bit means putting it in a known state, which is a decrease in entropy. I don't get

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread LizR
On 2 July 2014 15:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: OK, so how does that work? Like I said, I don't understand it. Intuitively, saying that A causes B and B causes A doesn't appear to make sense, It's not a causal relationship, it's an explanatory -. Sorry I should have said

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread LizR
On 2 July 2014 15:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: What would a non-reductionist ontology look like? The explanatory chain you gave earlier would look like one if I could make sense of it. Some kind of Holism. Plotinus talks about The One, but what good is that. If you stop taking

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread meekerdb
On 7/1/2014 9:40 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 July 2014 15:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/1/2014 6:52 PM, LizR wrote: Interesting. How is the energy required to erase a single bit reducible to statistical mechanics? Erasing a bit

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread meekerdb
On 7/1/2014 9:42 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 July 2014 15:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: OK, so how does that work? Like I said, I don't understand it. Intuitively, saying that A causes B and B causes A doesn't appear to make sense, It's not a

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-07-01 Thread meekerdb
On 7/1/2014 9:47 PM, LizR wrote: On 2 July 2014 15:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: What would a non-reductionist ontology look like? The explanatory chain you gave earlier would look like one if I could make sense of it. Some kind of Holism.

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Jun 2014, at 21:20, LizR wrote: On 29 June 2014 20:04, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: With comp, what i showed is that we have indeed to extract the law of the qubits (quantum logic) from the laws of the bits (the laws of Boole, + Boolos). IMO, Everett + decoherence already

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-30 Thread LizR
ISTM... In primitive materialism, what exists are space / time and matter / energy. Information is an emergent property of the arrangements of those things, like entropy. Neither of these exist at the level of fundamental particles, or Planck cells, or strings, or whatever else may be the

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-29 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Jun 2014, at 03:55, LizR wrote: On 26 June 2014 03:49, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 29 May 2014, at 00:17, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 19:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/28/2014 12:35 AM, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 16:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote:

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-29 Thread LizR
On 29 June 2014 20:04, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: With comp, what i showed is that we have indeed to extract the law of the qubits (quantum logic) from the laws of the bits (the laws of Boole, + Boolos). IMO, Everett + decoherence already shows the road qubits to bits. But comp

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 May 2014, at 04:36, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 14:12, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:24:39 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To disprove it, one merely needs to show that

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 May 2014, at 00:17, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 19:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/28/2014 12:35 AM, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 16:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I think the more crucial step is arguing that computation (and therefore consciousness) can exist

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-25 Thread LizR
On 26 June 2014 03:49, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 29 May 2014, at 00:17, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 19:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/28/2014 12:35 AM, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 16:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I think the more crucial step is

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Jun 2014, at 23:42, LizR wrote: On 9 June 2014 09:16, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 08 Jun 2014, at 05:41, LizR wrote: Yes comp strikes me as highly controversial, which is why have been trying to get to grips with it, to decide where I stand. But I have got stuck at

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-09 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, June 8, 2014 4:41:51 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: Oops. I meant to say more but hit a wrong key and somehow sent that above one-liner. And there's no way to edit your posts...oh well, to continue... On 8 June 2014 10:08, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: But...the truth is no

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-09 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, June 8, 2014 4:41:51 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: Oops. I meant to say more but hit a wrong key and somehow sent that above one-liner. And there's no way to edit your posts...oh well, to continue... On 8 June 2014 10:08, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: But...the truth is no

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-09 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, June 8, 2014 9:13:28 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 08 Jun 2014, at 00:08, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:33:28 AM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Jun 2014, at

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Jun 2014, at 00:08, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:33:28 AM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Jun 2014, at 02:33, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:48:10 PM UTC+1, Bruno

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Jun 2014, at 05:41, LizR wrote: Oops. I meant to say more but hit a wrong key and somehow sent that above one-liner. And there's no way to edit your posts...oh well, to continue... On 8 June 2014 10:08, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: But...the truth is no one minded too much PGC's attacks

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-08 Thread LizR
On 9 June 2014 09:16, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 08 Jun 2014, at 05:41, LizR wrote: Yes comp strikes me as highly controversial, which is why have been trying to get to grips with it, to decide where I stand. But I have got stuck at the MGA and (I think) some Kripkean

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:33:28 AM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Jun 2014, at 02:33, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:48:10 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: My theory is comp. I just make it

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-07 Thread LizR
On 8 June 2014 10:08, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:33:28 AM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Jun 2014, at 02:33, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:48:10 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-07 Thread LizR
Oops. I meant to say more but hit a wrong key and somehow sent that above one-liner. And there's no way to edit your posts...oh well, to continue... On 8 June 2014 10:08, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: But...the truth is no one minded too much PGC's attacks on me. Not responding to my responses.

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-05 Thread Kim Jones
On 5 Jun 2014, at 8:13 am, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 June 2014 07:49, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: You manage one or the other to avoid my argument, pretty much since the beginning. Not on purpose. I don't get your argument. Not sure anyone get it. You're a liar. You

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-05 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: On 5 Jun 2014, at 8:13 am, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 June 2014 07:49, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: You manage one or the other to avoid my argument, pretty much since the beginning. Not on purpose. I don't

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Jun 2014, at 11:49, Kim Jones wrote: On 5 Jun 2014, at 8:13 am, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 June 2014 07:49, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: You manage one or the other to avoid my argument, pretty much since the beginning. Not on purpose. I don't get your argument. Not sure

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Jun 2014, at 15:02, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Kim Jones kimjo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: On 5 Jun 2014, at 8:13 am, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 June 2014 07:49, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: You manage one or the other to avoid my

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 04 Jun 2014, at 02:33, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:48:10 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: My theory is comp. I just make it precise, by 1) Church thesis (en the amount of logic and arithmetic to expose and argue for it), and 2) yes doctor (and the amount of

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-04 Thread ghibbsa
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:33:28 AM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 04 Jun 2014, at 02:33, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:48:10 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: My theory is comp. I just make it precise, by 1) Church thesis (en the amount of logic and

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-04 Thread LizR
On 5 June 2014 07:49, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: You manage one or the other to avoid my argument, pretty much since the beginning. Not on purpose. I don't get your argument. Not sure anyone get it. You're a liar. You didn't even read my definition of falsification. Russell Standish read

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-03 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 5:14 AM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like I was counter-bitching something he threw at me. It's a problem being custard pied. I notice you don't step in...so you seem to tacitly support this behaviour toward me. All tempest in a tea pot. Who cares that I don't

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Jun 2014, at 17:58, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: so I offered a test event tailored to a specific and probably fairly central to most others, charge relating to my positioning with Bruno in not responding to all or most counter arguments and objections or criticisms of something I have

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Jun 2014, at 04:23, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, June 2, 2014 4:20:16 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Jun 2014, at 18:22, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, May 31, 2014 2:09:57 PM UTC+1, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: There was nothing devious about the Salvia

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-03 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 03 Jun 2014, at 05:14, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:23:25 AM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, June 2, 2014 4:20:16 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Jun 2014, at 18:22, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, May 31, 2014 2:09:57 PM UTC+1, Platonist

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-03 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 05:46:32PM -0700, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, June 2, 2014 5:06:07 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Jun 2014, at 01:50, Russell Standish wrote: Just the same is if we ever found the Anthropic Principle to be violated (and didn't

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-03 Thread meekerdb
On 6/2/2014 7:00 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 05:46:32PM -0700, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, June 2, 2014 5:06:07 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Jun 2014, at 01:50, Russell Standish wrote: Just the same is if we ever found the Anthropic Principle to be

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-03 Thread ghibbsa
On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:48:10 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 03 Jun 2014, at 05:14, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:23:25 AM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, June 2, 2014 4:20:16 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Jun 2014, at 18:22,

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Jun 2014, at 18:22, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, May 31, 2014 2:09:57 PM UTC+1, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: There was nothing devious about the Salvia posting. I actually pasted the key lines to the top of the post, and added comments. Clearly indicating that for

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-02 Thread ghibbsa
so I offered a test event tailored to a specific and probably fairly central to most others, charge relating to my positioning with Bruno in not responding to all or most counter arguments and objections or criticisms of something I have actually or effectively done. I constructed a basic

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Jun 2014, at 01:50, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 09:19:54PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Jun 2014, at 01:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 01:40:58PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/30/2014 11:45 PM, Russell Standish wrote: Yet it seems to me

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Monday, June 2, 2014 5:06:07 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 02 Jun 2014, at 01:50, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 09:19:54PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Jun 2014, at 01:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 01:40:58PM -0700, meekerdb

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Monday, June 2, 2014 4:20:16 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Jun 2014, at 18:22, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Saturday, May 31, 2014 2:09:57 PM UTC+1, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: There was nothing devious about the Salvia posting. I actually pasted the key

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:23:25 AM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, June 2, 2014 4:20:16 PM UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Jun 2014, at 18:22, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, May 31, 2014 2:09:57 PM UTC+1, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: There was nothing

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 May 2014, at 22:40, meekerdb wrote: On 5/30/2014 11:45 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 06:17:40PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 May 2014, at 02:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2014, at

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-01 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, May 31, 2014 2:09:57 PM UTC+1, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au javascript: wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2014, at 03:24, LizR wrote: As far as I

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-01 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:22 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, May 31, 2014 2:09:57 PM UTC+1, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Jun 2014, at 01:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 01:40:58PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/30/2014 11:45 PM, Russell Standish wrote: Yet it seems to me that CantGoTu environments and other non-virtual reality environments have measure one in the space of environments

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-01 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 09:19:54PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Jun 2014, at 01:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 01:40:58PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/30/2014 11:45 PM, Russell Standish wrote: Yet it seems to me that CantGoTu environments and other non-virtual

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-01 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:50 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: I would say that COMP predicts we must be at the base level, and not in a virtual reality, by virtue of the cardinality difference between the set of all environments and the set of virtual ones. What kind of set

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-06-01 Thread Russell Standish
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 02:19:49AM +0200, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:50 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: I would say that COMP predicts we must be at the base level, and not in a virtual reality, by virtue of the cardinality difference

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-31 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 06:17:40PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 May 2014, at 02:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2014, at 03:24, LizR wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 May 2014, at 08:45, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 06:17:40PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 May 2014, at 02:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2014, at 03:24, LizR wrote: As far as I can see

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-31 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:07:00AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 31 May 2014, at 08:45, Russell Standish wrote: I gather you think it might be possible to distinguish between being in a virtual reality, and being in the real reality. David Deutsch introduced the concept of a CantGoTu

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-31 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2014, at 03:24, LizR wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 May 2014, at 13:21, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:07:00AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 31 May 2014, at 08:45, Russell Standish wrote: I gather you think it might be possible to distinguish between being in a virtual reality, and being in the real reality. David

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-31 Thread meekerdb
On 5/30/2014 11:45 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 06:17:40PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 May 2014, at 02:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2014, at 03:24, LizR wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-31 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 01:40:58PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 5/30/2014 11:45 PM, Russell Standish wrote: Yet it seems to me that CantGoTu environments and other non-virtual reality environments have measure one in the space of environments hosted by the UD, as UD* has the cardinality of the

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 30 May 2014, at 02:53, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2014, at 03:24, LizR wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To disprove it, one merely needs to show

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-30 Thread Alberto G. Corona
No. 2014-05-18 18:47 GMT+02:00, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 16 May 2014, at 16:52, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 15 May 2014, at

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-29 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 28 May 2014, at 03:24, LizR wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To disprove it, one merely needs to show that either his premises or his argument is

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-28 Thread LizR
On 28 May 2014 16:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/27/2014 7:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 14:12, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:24:39 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-28 Thread meekerdb
On 5/28/2014 12:35 AM, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 16:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/27/2014 7:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 14:12, ghib...@gmail.com mailto:ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:24:39 AM UTC+1, Liz

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable? On 19 May 2014 05:12, spudboy100 via Everything List lt;everyt...@googlegroups.com gt; wrote: So you do not have a testable, falsifiable, theory Bruno. Not in the scientific sense. Could you tell me why? I have

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 May 2014, at 03:24, LizR wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To disprove it, one merely needs to show that either his premises or his argument is wrong... Not exactly. The premise can be wrong, true, or

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-28 Thread LizR
On 28 May 2014 19:46, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/28/2014 12:35 AM, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 16:20, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I think the more crucial step is arguing that computation (and therefore consciousness) can exist without physics. That physical

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-27 Thread ghibbsa
On Monday, May 26, 2014 12:45:50 AM UTC+1, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 10:02:37AM -0700, ghi...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: qualify for forgiving :O). I mean.I don't know about you but I agree with Russel Standish's moderation philosophy on this list...or how it

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-27 Thread ghibbsa
UTC+1, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 21 May 2014, at 22:02, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: -Original Message- From: LizR liz...@gmail.com To: everything-list everyth...@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-27 Thread ghibbsa
9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable? On 19 May 2014 05:12, spudboy100 via Everything List lt;everyt...@googlegroups.com gt; wrote: So you do not have a testable, falsifiable, theory Bruno. Not in the scientific sense. Could you tell me why? I have answered

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-27 Thread LizR
As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To disprove it, one merely needs to show that either his premises or his argument is wrong... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-27 Thread ghibbsa
On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:24:39 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To disprove it, one merely needs to show that either his premises or his argument is wrong... I don't agree with you about that, but

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-27 Thread LizR
On 28 May 2014 14:12, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:24:39 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To disprove it, one merely needs to show that either his premises or his argument is

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-27 Thread meekerdb
On 5/27/2014 7:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 28 May 2014 14:12, ghib...@gmail.com mailto:ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:24:39 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: As far as I can see Bruno has a logical argument which happens to segue into a theory of physics. To disprove

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
wrote: -Original Message- From: LizR liz...@gmail.com To: everything-list everyth...@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable? On 19 May 2014 05:12, spudboy100 via Everything List lt;everyt...@googlegroups.com gt; wrote: So you

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-25 Thread ghibbsa
- From: LizR liz...@gmail.com To: everything-list everyth...@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable? On 19 May 2014 05:12, spudboy100 via Everything List lt;everyt...@googlegroups.com gt; wrote: So you do not have

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-25 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 10:02:37AM -0700, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: qualify for forgiving :O). I mean.I don't know about you but I agree with Russel Standish's moderation philosophy on this list...or how it looks.which speaking of killing people.you'd have to kill someone here to

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-23 Thread ghibbsa
, 2014 9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable? On 19 May 2014 05:12, spudboy100 via Everything List lt;everyt...@googlegroups.com javascript: gt; wrote: So you do not have a testable, falsifiable, theory Bruno. Not in the scientific sense. Could you tell me why? I

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable? On 19 May 2014 05:12, spudboy100 via Everything List lt;everyt...@googlegroups.com gt; wrote: So you do not have a testable, falsifiable, theory Bruno. Not in the scientific sense. Could you tell me why? I have

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 21 May 2014, at 22:02, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: -Original Message- From: LizR lizj...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable? On 19 May 2014 05:12, spudboy100 via

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 May 2014, at 20:24, meekerdb wrote: On 5/20/2014 7:28 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: The implications might be the abandon of materialism, which is good, as it is a person eliminativist position. Then the machine's theology provides a vaccine against the reductionist conception of numbers,

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-21 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
-Original Message- From: LizR lizj...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 9:26 pm Subject: Re: Is Consciousness Computable? On 19 May 2014 05:12, spudboy100 via Everything List lt;everything-list@googlegroups.comgt; wrote:  So you do

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:21 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/19/2014 4:56 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:33 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/19/2014 11:31 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:09 PM, meekerdb

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:13 AM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:35:47 AM UTC+1, telmo_menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:40 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, May 19, 2014 6:24:45 PM UTC+1, telmo_menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:06 PM,

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 May 2014, at 19:06, meekerdb wrote: On 5/19/2014 2:38 AM, LizR wrote: His main interest is the mind-body problem; and my interest in that problem is more from an engineering viewpoint. What does it take to make a conscious machine and what are the advantages or disadvantages of

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 May 2014, at 20:40, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, May 19, 2014 6:24:45 PM UTC+1, telmo_menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:06 PM, meekerdb meek...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/19/2014 2:38 AM, LizR wrote: His main interest is the mind-body problem; and my interest in that

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 May 2014, at 20:47, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, May 19, 2014 7:40:35 PM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, May 19, 2014 6:24:45 PM UTC+1, telmo_menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:06 PM, meekerdb meek...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/19/2014 2:38 AM, LizR wrote: His

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 May 2014, at 21:33, meekerdb wrote: On 5/19/2014 11:31 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:09 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/19/2014 10:24 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:06 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/19/2014

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 May 2014, at 02:21, meekerdb wrote: On 5/19/2014 4:56 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:33 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/19/2014 11:31 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:09 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 May 2014, at 04:35, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 01:12:20PM -0400, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: Accordingto Deutsch, MWI is falsifiable, with some actions of a quantum computer. These would be the heavy hitters of QC, and not the lab toys we have today,

Re: Is Consciousness Computable?

2014-05-20 Thread meekerdb
On 5/20/2014 6:22 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:21 AM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 5/19/2014 4:56 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 9:33 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net

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