Hi meekerdb A computer can not experience the wonder produced by the night sky, for example.
Roger , rclo...@verizon.net 8/17/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so everything could function." ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-14, 14:08:42 Subject: Re: On the necessity of monads for perception On 8/14/2012 10:22 AM, Roger wrote: Hi Jason Resch ? No, the artificial man does not have a conscious self (subjectivity)? to experience (to feel) the world. And you know this how? You could show a movie of happenings in his mind, but there'd be nobody there to watch it. I don't think you can show a movie in a mind.? But you could emulate a mind watching a movie. ? Only a monad can do that. And a monad is?? a place holder word for 'we don't know'? Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.