Hi Bruno Marchal I agree that conscious selection is a posteriori, but the selector and his possible biases or personal baggage are a priori. He has or is a self.
It is the "a priori" part that I am referring to when I insist that the selector must be able to make autonomous choices. The choice must be based mostly on the "inside" = the selector's mind. In other words, autonomous = a priori Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 10/2/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Bruno Marchal Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-02, 06:03:36 Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad and the weirdly computable On 02 Oct 2012, at 07:14, William R. Buckley wrote: >> >> $$$$$$$ 1) Well it's an indeterminantcy, but which path is chosen is >> done by the geometry of the location >> or test probe, not the same I would think as logical choice (?) >> So I would say "no." >> ........... >> Note that intelligence requires the ability to select. >> >> >> BRUNO: OK. But the ability to selct does not require intelligence, >> just interaction and some memory. > > I can make a selection without the use of memory. We call such > choices by the term > > arbitrary William, please look at my answer to Roger. Consciousness selection is a posteriori, and happens in self-duplication (in the comp theory), or in superposition (in the Everett theory). It has nothing to do with choice, which is self-determination. Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ -- 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. -- 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.
