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Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @01:15PM (#49790224)
Wrong assumption that the chemical goo is only doing math....
Re:The Claude Delusion by hardbass on Monday September 21, 2026 @01:26PM (#49790374)
What's the non-math part you think? All of currently known physics is turing computable as far as I am aware.
Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @01:41PM (#49790586)
currently known physics is not good enough..

It is quite an arbitrary classification. What is so special about "current" knowledge...

Re:The Claude Delusion by hardbass on Monday September 21, 2026 @01:45PM (#49790650)
If you think current physics is insufficient but future physics might be sufficient, I can accept that but its still an unfounded belief. If you truly believe something "more" is needed, then you are placing a bet that always lost for centuries. Bets in anything supernatural or aphysical have always and consistently failed till now.
Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @01:51PM (#49790756)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Not my words.

Re:The Claude Delusion by hardbass on Monday September 21, 2026 @01:54PM (#49790798)
That magic means a different thing from supernatural magic.
Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:14PM (#49791112)
Oh, What does it mean then?

You are so amusing....

Re:The Claude Delusion by hardbass on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:17PM (#49791150)
Its a purely physical mechanism but one that is currently beyond our understanding. "Magic" magic is belief in souls, eg brains have aphysical magic.
Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:20PM (#49791188)
Why do you think "souls" can't have some physical mechanism that is beyond our current understanding?
Re:The Claude Delusion by hardbass on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:21PM (#49791208)
If you think "souls" have some physical mechanism then they are not souls by the definition I am using. We would then agree, though I do not yet think we have found reason for new physical laws to be required, however that can of course be a possibility.
Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:37PM (#49791464)
>they are not souls by the definition

Kindly share that concrete definition..

Re:The Claude Delusion by hardbass on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:39PM (#49791480)
It should have been clear from our discussion when I said "souls" I meant belief in the non-physical. Magic juice in the brain that is unexplainable by physics at all.

Being unexplainable by current physics but explainable by future physics is not a "soul" by that definition.

Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:12PM (#49791917)
> non-physical.

Now, what is your definition for this?

Re:The Claude Delusion by hardbass on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:16PM (#49791969)
Go ask the people who believe in it. I for one cannot understand how something aphysical can affect our thoughts and decisions. But some think consciousness resides outside of physical systems entirely.
Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:33PM (#49792218)
But you said it, so you should have a definition, or else what did you mean to communicate by saying it?

Or are you just parroting cool sounding words and phrases?

Re:The Claude Delusion by hardbass on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:36PM (#49792252)
Define consciousness
Re:The Claude Delusion by lolakutty on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:40PM (#49792295)
All humans intrinsically understand it what that word refer to. So it is ok if we cannot define it in words. It conveys the idea..

But "non-physical"? I don't have a clue what it means...Why don't you tell me..