On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 8:33:37 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > > > On 3/16/2018 5:13 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > Feynman also made the quip that simulation is like masturbation; it is > fine until you start thinking it is the real thing. > > > Actually Feynman's quip was about mathematics as compared to physics. > > Brent >
Is there really any plausible argument for the claim that the brain functions like a computer, and that one of its outputs is consciousness? If consciousness cannot be explained by computation, the result of this immortality project will be to create FRANKENSTEIN'S. AG -- 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.
