On 21/02/2008, John Ku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/20/08, Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 21/02/2008, John Ku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > By the way, I think this whole tangent was actually started by Richard
> > > misinterpreting Lanier's argument (though
On 2/20/08, Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 21/02/2008, John Ku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > By the way, I think this whole tangent was actually started by Richard
> > misinterpreting Lanier's argument (though quite understandably given
> > Lanier's vagueness and unclarit
On 21/02/2008, John Ku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> By the way, I think this whole tangent was actually started by Richard
> misinterpreting Lanier's argument (though quite understandably given
> Lanier's vagueness and unclarity). Lanier was not imagining the
> amazing coincidence of a genuine
John Ku wrote:
By the way, I think this whole tangent was actually started by Richard
misinterpreting Lanier's argument (though quite understandably given
Lanier's vagueness and unclarity). Lanier was not imagining the
amazing coincidence of a genuine computer being implemented in a
rainstorm, i
On 2/20/08, Stan Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It seems that when philosophy is implemented it becomes like nuclear
> physics e.g. break down all the things we essentially understand until
> we come up with pieces, which we give names to, and then admit we don't
> know what the names identi
Quoting Vladimir Nesov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Feb 20, 2008 6:13 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The possibility of mind uploading to computers strictly depends on
functionalism being true; if it isn't then you may as well shoot
yourself in the head as undergo a destructive
Samantha Atkins wrote:
Richard Loosemore wrote:
John K Clark wrote:
And I will define consciousness just as soon as you define "define".
Ah, but that is exactly my approach.
Thus, the subtitle I gave to my 2006 conference paper was "Explaining
Consciousness by Explaining That You Cannot Exp
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
On 20/02/2008, Eric B. Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
During the late 70's when I was at McGill, I attended a public talk given by Feynman on
quantum physics. After the talk, and in answer to a question posed from a member of the
audience, Feynman said something
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
On 20/02/2008, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am aware of some of those other sources for the idea: nevertheless,
they are all nonsense for the same reason. I especially single out
Searle: his writings on this subject are virtually worthless. I hav
Vladimir Nesov wrote:
On Feb 20, 2008 6:13 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The possibility of mind uploading to computers strictly depends on
functionalism being true; if it isn't then you may as well shoot
yourself in the head as undergo a destructive upload. Functionalism
(i
On Feb 20, 2008 6:13 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The possibility of mind uploading to computers strictly depends on
> functionalism being true; if it isn't then you may as well shoot
> yourself in the head as undergo a destructive upload. Functionalism
> (invented, and la
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