Re: MD Self-consciousness

From: abahn@comcast.net
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 02:58:06 BST

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    Scott,

    One more thing, you said:

    "The reason, I finally realized, that these thought experiments failed is
    that a computer is a perfectly spatio-temporal mechanism. Every bit is
    separated from every other bit."

    Andy: This is not a perfectly spatio-temporal maechanism. A perfectly
    spatio-temporal mechanism would be a continuum, don't you think? Now I am aware
    of some computer scientist proposing a digital universe and Wolfram is one who
    seems to have these tendencies, but this is hardly conventional. THese people
    are rather considered to be preety far out there. Not that I would hold that
    against them, but...

    Thanks,
    Andy

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