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Re:Consciousness: The last 50 years (and the next) by Erlich_Bachman on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:08PM (#18772194)
But turing machines are theoretical concepts. The physical processors we have - are only physical approximations of a theoretical concepts - and if the argument was made for the view of "determinism" that I outlined - it would be about the physical processor, the physical world itself.

Paraphrasing, the theoretical image of an atom, as well as the set of atoms and other particles - is perfectly deterministic. But the chaos theory talks about the real world, not the theoretical framework.

Re:Consciousness: The last 50 years (and the next) by naasking on Friday December 28, 2018 @09:14AM (#18776793)
The concept of determinism has no physical limits. Don't try to redefine standard terminology.
Re:Consciousness: The last 50 years (and the next) by Erlich_Bachman on Saturday December 29, 2018 @05:25AM (#18782977)
The concept has no limits, true. The physical world does.