Re: WSJ Article On Why Computers Make Lame Supermarket Cashiers

2013-10-14 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On Monday, October 14, 2013 4:37:35 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:08:01 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: On Wed,

Re: WSJ Article On Why Computers Make Lame Supermarket Cashiers

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, October 14, 2013 4:37:35 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Craig Weinberg > > > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:08:01 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:52 PM, LizR wrote: >>> >>> On 10 October 2013

Re: Trailing Dovetailer Argument

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, October 14, 2013 6:18:17 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: > > On 15 October 2013 08:03, Craig Weinberg > > wrote: > >> >> On Monday, October 14, 2013 12:46:34 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 14 Oct 2013, at 17:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: >>> >>> A first draft that I posted over the

Re: WSJ Article On Why Computers Make Lame Supermarket Cashiers

2013-10-14 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 15 October 2013 05:05, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> I understand that you don't think computers can have feelings, but I >> was asking if if computers can perform all tasks that a human can >> perform, or if there are some tasks they just won't be able to do. If >> there are, then this suggests a

Re: Trailing Dovetailer Argument

2013-10-14 Thread LizR
On 15 October 2013 08:03, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > On Monday, October 14, 2013 12:46:34 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 14 Oct 2013, at 17:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> A first draft that I posted over the weekend. * >> * >> >> *I. Trailing Dovetail Argument (TDA)* >> >> *A. Computa

Re: WSJ Article On Why Computers Make Lame Supermarket Cashiers

2013-10-14 Thread Jason Resch
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:08:01 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:52 PM, LizR wrote: >> >> On 10 October 2013 09:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: >>> It's not that computers can't do what humans do, it

Re: The probability problem in Everettian quantum mechanics

2013-10-14 Thread Jason Resch
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:30 PM, meekerdb wrote: > On 10/14/2013 1:29 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 13 Oct 2013, at 22:11, meekerdb wrote: > > On 10/13/2013 1:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 12 Oct 2013, at 22:53, meekerdb wrote: > > On 10/12/2013 10:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >

Re: WSJ Article On Why Computers Make Lame Supermarket Cashiers

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, October 14, 2013 3:17:06 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 14 Oct 2013, at 20:13, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:03:45 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> >> All object are conscious? >> > > No objects are conscious. > > > We agree on this. > > >

Re: The probability problem in Everettian quantum mechanics

2013-10-14 Thread meekerdb
On 10/14/2013 1:29 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Oct 2013, at 22:11, meekerdb wrote: On 10/13/2013 1:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 12 Oct 2013, at 22:53, meekerdb wrote: On 10/12/2013 10:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 11 Oct 2013, at 03:25, meekerdb wrote: So there are infinitely many

Re: WSJ Article On Why Computers Make Lame Supermarket Cashiers

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Oct 2013, at 20:13, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:03:45 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: All object are conscious? No objects are conscious. We agree on this. Not at all. It is here and now. I have already interview such machines. Are there any such

Re: Trailing Dovetailer Argument

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, October 14, 2013 12:46:34 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 14 Oct 2013, at 17:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > A first draft that I posted over the weekend. * > * > > *I. Trailing Dovetail Argument (TDA)* > > *A. Computationalism makes two ontological assumptions which have not >

Re: Trailing Dovetailer Argument

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, October 14, 2013 12:13:42 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: > > Craig: beutiful. I saved it for my closer understanding (if...). > One little intrusion though: > > *you write: the first copy of something should not be different from the > 15,347,498th copy (figure arbitrary)*. > My 'agnosticis

Re: The I Concept, Analytically

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, October 14, 2013 12:13:43 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 14 Oct 2013, at 17:09, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > > > > On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:05:46 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > On 13 Oct 2013, at 06:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Saturda

Re: WSJ Article On Why Computers Make Lame Supermarket Cashiers

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:03:45 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 13 Oct 2013, at 06:40, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Saturday, October 12, 2013 12:27:08 PM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 12 Oct 2013, at 09:49, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, October 12,

Re: WSJ Article On Why Computers Make Lame Supermarket Cashiers

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:14:00 AM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On 13 October 2013 15:29, Craig Weinberg > > wrote: > > >>> Perform to whose satisfaction? A cadaver can be made to twitch, or > >>> propped up to stand. > >> > >> > >> Perform to the satisfaction of anyone you care to nomina

Re: In Bruno's Terms

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:26:49 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 13 Oct 2013, at 15:20, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Sunday, October 13, 2013 6:04:53 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 13 Oct 2013, at 08:35, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> Maybe this will help. Here are two cr

Re: And the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to…

2013-10-14 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 2:55 PM, John Mikes wrote: > The so called *Peace Prize* (maybe the No.1 as added to Nobel's original > list) > The Peace Prizewas in Nobel's will to be given to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction

Re: Trailing Dovetailer Argument

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Oct 2013, at 17:46, Craig Weinberg wrote: A first draft that I posted over the weekend. I. Trailing Dovetail Argument (TDA) A. Computationalism makes two ontological assumptions which have not been properly challenged: The universality of recursive cardinality Complexity driven nove

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-14 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> I agree that if that one bit of information that they both see is not >> identical then the 2 men are no longer identical either and it becomes >> justified to give them different names. >> > > > Ok, so you then also have to agree that John

Re: Trailing Dovetailer Argument

2013-10-14 Thread John Mikes
Craig: beutiful. I saved it for my closer understanding (if...). One little intrusion though: *you write: the first copy of something should not be different from the 15,347,498th copy (figure arbitrary)*. My 'agnosticism' objects: The first copy is restricted to the techniques applicable for cop

Re: The I Concept, Analytically

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Oct 2013, at 17:09, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:05:46 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Oct 2013, at 06:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 12, 2013 3:54:29 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: On 10/12/2013 12:49 AM, freqflyer07281972 wrote: Yes, but you se

Re: The I Concept, Analytically

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:58:03 PM UTC-4, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 04:25:50PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > > On 13 Oct 2013, at 12:24, Russell Standish wrote: > > > > >How do we know that those 3 hypostases exhaust the possibilities for > > >logics contain

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-14 Thread John Mikes
Telmo, entering sci-fi makes the discussion irrelevant. what if... can e anything I want to show (I almost wrote: prove). I am also against 'thought experiments' - designed to PROVE things unreal (=not experienced in real life) - like e.g. the EPR etc., involving 'unfacts'. By long back-and-forth p

Trailing Dovetailer Argument

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
A first draft that I posted over the weekend. * * *I. Trailing Dovetail Argument (TDA)* *A. Computationalism makes two ontological assumptions which have not been properly challenged:* - *The universality of recursive cardinality* - *Complexity driven novelty*. Both of these, I intend

Re: The I Concept, Analytically

2013-10-14 Thread John Mikes
Right on, Brent! *"**Emergence is a description of how we think about our models of the world - not something in the world. So Bruno has a theory in which some parts are true but incommunicable. He identifies these with qualia because that is (supposedly) a characteristic of qualia. That's actu

Re: The I Concept, Analytically

2013-10-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:05:46 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 13 Oct 2013, at 06:47, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Saturday, October 12, 2013 3:54:29 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: >> >> On 10/12/2013 12:49 AM, freqflyer07281972 wrote: >> >> Yes, but you see, even the food we get from

Re: Note to Russell Standish

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Oct 2013, at 10:55, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno, That explanation is very helpful. Can I conclude that human beings and perhaps all other kinds of beings, are then arithmetic machines that can participate in the hallucinations? They can share a part of your hallucinations, yes. Reali

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-14 Thread Telmo Menezes
Dear John, > in spite of my reluctance to spend time and energy on that nightmare of > teleportation-related follies - (probably a result of too heavy dinners > after which Q-physicists could not sleep/relax) - and with no intention to > protect John Clark (a decent partner anyway) I may draw a th

Re: Note to Russell Standish

2013-10-14 Thread Richard Ruquist
Bruno, That explanation is very helpful. Can I conclude that human beings and perhaps all other kinds of beings, are then arithmetic machines that can participate in the hallucinations? Richard On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 3:41 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 13 Oct 2013, at 17:35, Richard Ruquist

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Oct 2013, at 00:10, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 6:58 PM, John Clark wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> if you agree that each copy (the W-man, and the M-m

Re: The I Concept, Analytically

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Oct 2013, at 23:58, Russell Standish wrote: On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 04:25:50PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Oct 2013, at 12:24, Russell Standish wrote: How do we know that those 3 hypostases exhaust the possibilities for logics containing true but incommunicable sentences? Who

Re: The probability problem in Everettian quantum mechanics

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Oct 2013, at 22:11, meekerdb wrote: On 10/13/2013 1:48 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 12 Oct 2013, at 22:53, meekerdb wrote: On 10/12/2013 10:55 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 11 Oct 2013, at 03:25, meekerdb wrote: So there are infinitely many identical universes preceding a measuremen

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Oct 2013, at 20:14, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 6:58 PM, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: if you agree that each copy (the W-man, and the M-man) get one bit of information, I agree that if that one bit of information

Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Oct 2013, at 18:58, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: if you agree that each copy (the W-man, and the M-man) get one bit of information, I agree that if that one bit of information that they both see is not identical then the 2 men are

Re: Note to Russell Standish

2013-10-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Oct 2013, at 17:35, Richard Ruquist wrote: Bruno, Even in my Metaverse String cosmology I can understand how from the beginning of the Metaverse how its machine can generate all Lobian numbers including arithmetic humans and aliens long before our universe exists and evolves consci