On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 Jason Resch <jasonre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Would you say other physical universes are possible having completely > different physical laws and without atoms and molecules as we know them in > our universe? >
I would say it would have to have *SOMETHING* physical as we know it or it wouldn't be another physical universe as we know it. > > > Would you agree that one possible physical world is an infinite 2 > dimensional plane, each with cells which either does or does not contain a > particle? > Cells and particles are physical. > > Would you accept that in such physical universes, which operate according > to Conway's game of life, that Turing machines might exist? > Only if physical cells and physical particles that operate according to C onway's game of life exist. > > Can you imagine even simpler "physical universes" where nonetheless > computation occurs? > No, I can't image any change simpler than on to off or off to on, and without change there is no computation, no intelligent behavior and no consciousness. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
