... case ... one. "Except for Occam's razor". ... ALONE, ... Yes. ... those cases, ... more ... No it wouldn't. There are many other remote possibilities than...
... (and ... Razor is when ... evidence, you ... Science "drops" millions of hypotheses, most of them utterly absurd all the time. It has to, there is not time...
... assume one of the answers "just in >case", and then call it monday morning quarterbacking. ... just in case" is what science is all about. When someone...
... wrote: ... But years of research in computer vision have now conclusively ... simple ... such as a simple ... This sounds interesting, but is probably...
... and ... each ... a ... another ... sentience? No amount of time will allow you to do the impossible. If sentience depends on the specific physics and...
... Bill has the marks of a genius. The presentation here is very good, he gets to the heart of his theory. Very lucid. I think Ray might want to have a look...
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... You utterly missed my point, though it would seem you've been doing that frequently here. Without an observer there is no such thing as symbol or...
... No, a simulation is a simulation, regardless of whether someone is observing it. Perhaps what you mean is that "from inside, they won't know the ...
... All ... observing ... What the heck are you talking about? Is there a simulation electron, a simulation atom, a simulation molecule? Is there anything...
Unfortunately I have no time to follow the discussions. However, I'd like to draw your attention to an intersting article I am reading right now. Svozil:...
... What IS the objective criteria that something is a simulation "of B" and not simply a "real A". There is no such physical/material/empirical criteria that...
... You are missing the point Paul. Of course simulation predicate has two arguments. The simulator, and the simulated. Unless one shows a specific strong...
I don't think the rock automaton thing is what Paul is referring to exactly. I think one is thinking of a simulation as being a mapping from one world to...
Thought I would add one more comment regards my conception of how neural tissue works, and why it's not surprising that responses ala Gabor wavelets might be...
... If we say so, because it is a simulation of something else? Anyway, a simulated entity might enjoy genuine happiness. Why should that be surprising at all?...
... simulation. All ... observing ... what, in observer-independent terms, makes it a simulation, then ? Perhaps what you mean is that "from inside, they...
... Obviously, such redundancy shows how much optimization has went into the system! Regards, -- Eray Ozkural (exa), PhD candidate. Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent...
... You can have unintentional isomorphisms, sure, but they work both ways -- if A is isomorphic to B, B is isomporhic to A -- which isn't how we use the word...
... The point presumably being that a high-level description of what the simulator is doing is isomorphic to the C64. That avoids the Symmetry problem (we can...
... Actually, this is quite wrong. You guys are falling prey to the stupidity of Putnam and Searle. -- Eray Ozkural (exa), PhD candidate. Comp. Sci. Dept.,...
... that ... because ... don't go ... ones ... good one ... invertebrate ... jobs, and ... of ... vertebrate ... redundancy, ... So, if we build a system with...
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