Why de Sitter space is needed for consciousness

2015-11-13 Thread Brent Meeker
Here's an interesting essay by Scott that ends up with a somewhat more technical explication of my idea that consciousness requires a world or environment with which it interacts. http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1951 However, he doesn't notice that this also solves the problem of why we

Re: Why de Sitter space is needed for consciousness

2015-11-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Saturday, 14 November 2015, Brent Meeker wrote: > Here's an interesting essay by Scott that ends up with a somewhat more > technical explication of my idea that consciousness requires a world or > environment with which it interacts. > >

Re: Why de Sitter space is needed for consciousness

2015-11-13 Thread Bruce Kellett
On 14/11/2015 9:47 am, Brent Meeker wrote: On 11/13/2015 2:21 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Saturday, 14 November 2015, Brent Meeker wrote: Here's an interesting essay by Scott that ends up with a somewhat more technical explication of my idea that

Re: Why de Sitter space is needed for consciousness

2015-11-13 Thread Brent Meeker
On 11/13/2015 2:21 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Saturday, 14 November 2015, Brent Meeker > wrote: Here's an interesting essay by Scott that ends up with a somewhat more technical explication of my idea that consciousness

Re: Quantum Mechanics Violation of the Second Law

2015-11-13 Thread George Levy
Thanks Bruno On 11/11/2015 12:59 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hi George, Congratulations! Best wishes for you and your amazing work. I am not convinced but that might only be due to my incompetence in the field. I will make a further look. Bruno On 10 Nov 2015, at 23:10, George Levy wrote:

Fwd: Microsoft releasing quantum computing simulator

2015-11-13 Thread Brent Meeker
Forwarded Message FYI -- "The simulator is 30 qubits, which requires 32 gigabytes of memory. That means it can run on a high-end laptop or desktop. Every qubit added, he warns, will *double* the memory requirement."

Re: Why de Sitter space is needed for consciousness

2015-11-13 Thread Brent Meeker
On 11/13/2015 5:27 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Saturday, 14 November 2015, Brent Meeker > wrote: On 11/13/2015 2:21 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: On Saturday, 14 November 2015, Brent Meeker

Re: Why de Sitter space is needed for consciousness

2015-11-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Saturday, 14 November 2015, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 11/13/2015 2:21 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On Saturday, 14 November 2015, Brent Meeker < > meeke...@verizon.net >

Re: Why de Sitter space is needed for consciousness

2015-11-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 14 November 2015 at 13:18, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 11/13/2015 5:27 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > On Saturday, 14 November 2015, Brent Meeker < > meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> >> >> On 11/13/2015 2:21 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: