Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 08.06.2012 21:00 Pzomby said the following: Using mathematics, computations and symbols; human embodied consciousness can (using computers) create models, simulations, emulations, depictions, replications, representations etc. of observations of the physical universe and its processes. This

Re: QTI and eternal torment

2012-06-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Jun 2012, at 19:30, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: This is a bit unclear. How is U and D distinguished from the (absence of) first person view? I think this is actually the point--calculations of expected future

Re: QTI and eternal torment

2012-06-09 Thread Pierz
On Saturday, June 9, 2012 12:27:43 PM UTC+10, Brent wrote: On 6/8/2012 7:02 PM, Pierz wrote: I don't know, somehow this whole argument is not something I could take seriously enough to get worked up over - too many what ifs piled up on other what ifs. But I think I see a couple of

Re: QTI and eternal torment

2012-06-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Jun 2012, at 20:52, Nick Prince wrote: On Jun 8, 8:45 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Hi Nick, This is a bit unclear. How is U and D distinguished from the (absence of) first person view? I've drawn the branches so that they represent a 3p viewpoint of someone observing

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Jun 2012, at 08:39, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 08.06.2012 21:00 Pzomby said the following: Using mathematics, computations and symbols; human embodied consciousness can (using computers) create models, simulations, emulations, depictions, replications, representations etc. of observations

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 09.06.2012 12:36 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 09 Jun 2012, at 08:39, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 08.06.2012 21:00 Pzomby said the following: Using mathematics, computations and symbols; human embodied consciousness can (using computers) create models, simulations, emulations,

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 12:36 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 09 Jun 2012, at 08:39, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 08.06.2012 21:00 Pzomby said the following: Using mathematics, computations and symbols; human embodied consciousness can (using computers)

Re: QTI and eternal torment

2012-06-09 Thread David Nyman
On 9 June 2012 11:17, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Such a backtracking (proposed once by Saibal Mitra on this list) can also be used to defend the idea that there is only one person, and that personal identity is a relative illusory notion. We might be a God playing a trick to

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 09.06.2012 14:06 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 12:36 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 09 Jun 2012, at 08:39, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 08.06.2012 21:00 Pzomby said the following: Using mathematics, computations and

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 14:06 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 12:36 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 09 Jun 2012, at 08:39, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: On 08.06.2012 21:00 Pzomby said the

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Pzomby
On Friday, June 8, 2012 1:36:31 PM UTC-7, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Jun 8, 3:00 pm, Pzomby htra...@gmail.com wrote: Using mathematics, computations and symbols; human embodied consciousness can (using computers) create models, simulations, emulations, depictions, replications,

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 09.06.2012 18:07 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 14:06 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 12:36 Bruno Marchal said the following: On 09 Jun 2012, at 08:39, Evgenii Rudnyi

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 18:07 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 14:06 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 12:36 Bruno Marchal said the

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 09.06.2012 20:00 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 18:07 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru On 09.06.2012 14:06 Quentin Anciaux said the following: 2012/6/9 Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread David Nyman
On 9 June 2012 19:22, Evgenii Rudnyi use...@rudnyi.ru wrote: No, I have meant a) simulated computer b) simulated myself (but not in a) Now I consider a) and b). This is after all some instructions executed by some Turing machine. It seems that there is no difference. How would you define

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 09.06.2012 20:39 David Nyman said the following: On 9 June 2012 19:22, Evgenii Rudnyiuse...@rudnyi.ru wrote: No, I have meant a) simulated computer b) simulated myself (but not in a) Now I consider a) and b). This is after all some instructions executed by some Turing machine. It seems

Re: Questions about simulations, emulations, etc.

2012-06-09 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Jun 9, 12:08 pm, Pzomby htra...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your input.  Some of what you state I follow, but some I do not, but I set that aside. To further clarify: The best analogy as to what I was considering is the role of DNA in biological processes. DNA is coded by/with

Re: QTI and eternal torment

2012-06-09 Thread meekerdb
On 6/9/2012 3:17 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Imagine that you decide to kill yourself with an atomic bomb, so as to maximize your annihilation probability. Then it might be that your probability of surviving in a world where you are just not deciding to kill yourself is bigger than surviving from

Re: QTI and eternal torment

2012-06-09 Thread Nick Prince
On Jun 9, 11:17 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 08 Jun 2012, at 20:52, Nick Prince wrote: On Jun 8, 8:45 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Hi Nick, This is a bit unclear. How is U and D distinguished from the (absence of) first person view? I've drawn