On 6/25/2014 6:47 PM, LizR wrote:
On 26 June 2014 09:08, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net
<mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>> wrote:
On 6/25/2014 11:48 AM, Jason Resch wrote:
Now I know Bruno will say this is just choosing the wrong level, but
the point
is that it's not just the level which is sufficient for interaction with
neurons, but also the level which captures interaction with 'external'
or
'environmental' variables, especially perceptions. Then we must
contemplate
not just replacing some brain components, but simulating some of the
external
world. So it seems to me there is a tradeoff.
This is why Bruno often says you can assume the whole milky-way galaxy.
Which makes
no theoretical difference once you assume the laws of physics are
computable. If
you emulate a large enough volume, then it takes some FTL effect beyond the
past
light cone of the emulated volume to mess things up.
Exactly. But that's why I don't find step 8 convincing. If you have to
simulate so
much that you've essentially created a simulated world, then all you've
shown is
that a simulated consciousness can exist in a simulated world and this is
indpendent
of the physical substrate.
Not quite. If you assume no zombies, then you've shown that an /actual/ consciousness
can exist in a simulated world.
Sure, that's already implicit in assuming consciousness is produced by certain
computational processes.
Brent
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