Re: Statistical Measure, does it matter?

Stathis: let me keep only your reply-part and ask my question(s): - Original Message - From: Stathis Papaioannou To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: Re: Statistical Measure, does it matter? On 3/25/07, Mark Peaty <[EMAIL PR

Re: Statistical Measure, does it matter?

On 3/28/07, Bruno Marchal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Le 26-mars-07, à 01:34, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : > > > Standard computationalism is just the theory that your brain could be > > replaced with an appropriately configured digital computer and you > > would not only act the same, you

Re: Evidence for the simulation argument

That's all fine and I appreciate the position (once we 'have gotten' to circumstances providing the idea of a Loeb machine) - what I want to inject is Dr. Johnson's stone, which is not 'mind-stuff'' and in his shoe DID HURT (his mind). Not vice versa. Please, let it go as a remark outside the discu

Re: Believing ...

Here is the post I was searching! Le 21-mars-07, à 18:01, Brent Meeker a écrit : > > Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> Le 20-mars-07, à 13:02, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : >> >> >> >> On 3/20/07, *Bruno Marchal* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Le 01-mars-07, à 00:35, Brent Meeker a

Re: Evidence for the simulation argument

Hi Brent, As you can guess, I am searching an old post of view which I intended to answer, and then I take opportunity to comment some other one, on some point which are perhaps somehow important ... Le 17-mars-07, à 21:19, Brent Meeker a écrit : > > Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> Le 17-mars-07,

Re: The Meaning of Life

Le 07-févr.-07, à 05:55, Brent Meeker a écrit (some time ago) > > Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> Sorry, I thought I was replying to what you said. It's possible of >> course to be right about one thing and wrong about another, and people >> do keep different beliefs differently compartmentalized

Re: The Meaning of [your] Life

Le 05-janv.-07, à 20:52, Brent Meeker wrote (a long time ago!): > > Mark Peaty wrote: > >> I >> mean at 55 yo I know I have already attained 'old fart' status for >> most people I meet. But one thing I know for sure is that, just like >> me, YOU are not going to live for ever. > > Bruno thinks h

Re: Statistical Measure, does it matter?

Le 26-mars-07, à 01:34, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : > Standard computationalism is just the theory that your brain could be > replaced with an appropriately configured digital computer and you > would not only act the same, you would also feel the same. Bruno goes > on to show that this ent