Harry,
Like most words, information, is used differently by different people at
different time.
It can be used to describe the extent to which a given communication between
two computing entities conveys knowledge to the receiving entity. In this
case, something only has information if the
Hi,
I have said many times on this list that I believe there is nothing we know
about reality that is anything other than computing, and that there is
nothing we know about consciousness that is anything other than computing,
other than our sense of awareness, which can be considered an
Ben,
Thanks for responding.
I would deeply appreciate any clarification you could give to my several
questions below. (No need to respond immediately. And I have your book
The Hidden Pattern, so If there are any five to fifteen page section
therein that would help answer these questions
Ben Goertzel wrote:
...my own belief that consciousness is the underlying
reality, and physical and computational systems merely *focus* this
consciousness in particular ways, is also not something that can be
proven empirically or logically...
For what it's worth, let me throw out a random
