Re: Reversible Computation and Experience

From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@ricochet.net)
Date: Sat May 12 2001 - 11:49:18 MDT


Scerir wrote:

>Are minds subject to laws of physics?

Yes.

>Are the laws of physics computable?

No, probably not.

>Are conscious thought processes computable?

Yes.

>Currently there is little agreement as to what are the right answers to
these
>questions. Penrose goes one step further and asserts that: "a radical new
>theory is indeed needed, and I am suggesting, moreover, that this theory,
>when it is found, will be of an essentially non-computational character.".

Penrose is baffling; as Mark S. Miller once said, "It's edifying
to witness how someone a lot smarter than I am can be dead wrong."

Lee Corbin



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