On 17 Oct 2012, at 02:42, Stephen P. King wrote:
It is the inability of comp to solve the arithmetic body problem
that is its Achilles heel.
No. It is the strongest point of comp. It does solve it
constructively, so it makes comp testable and/or our simulation level
measurable.
You can see it in another way, comp explains how and where the laws of
physics, and psychology, come from, and with the whole consciousness/
matter coupling. It does not solve the problem because the math are
hard, only. Then the logic of observability, perhaps in a toy case,
are already given and tested.
That there is a body problem is the interesting thing, imo.
The other theories assume the body, and the mind, and some relation
shown incompatible with comp.
Comp, as such, is not an explanation. Just a frame where we can
formulate the problem mathematically, and that is the main reason to
study it, even if false. In fact, you need to study to comp to develop
an authentic non-comp theory.
Comp is not an explanation per se, neither of the mind nor of the
body. The explanation is in the reasoning and the math. Comp itself is
just the bet that we are Turing emulable at *some* level.
Bruno
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Onward!
Stephen
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