Re:Why Minds Are Not Like Computers (2009)
by netcan on Thursday March 27, 2014 @07:43AM
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Hehe. A few of differences (:
*We can build one" is not necessarily the conclusion unless we're accepting pretty abstract use of the terms we and can.
To build a universe inside this universe, universes must be capable of containing universes. To build one outside it, stuff must be capable of existing outside of it. OTOH, it seems like multiple minds can and do exist. It gets pretty loopy (and awesome) if we keep going down this rabbit hole.
The statement is intentionally tautological, or very very close to it. If minds exist then minds exist so there's no point in arguing that they can't exist.
I really wish Douglas Adams or Alan Watts or one of those guys would jump in this thread and explain.
*We can build one" is not necessarily the conclusion unless we're accepting pretty abstract use of the terms we and can.
To build a universe inside this universe, universes must be capable of containing universes. To build one outside it, stuff must be capable of existing outside of it. OTOH, it seems like multiple minds can and do exist. It gets pretty loopy (and awesome) if we keep going down this rabbit hole.
The statement is intentionally tautological, or very very close to it. If minds exist then minds exist so there's no point in arguing that they can't exist.
I really wish Douglas Adams or Alan Watts or one of those guys would jump in this thread and explain.