Re: consciousness based on information or computation?

From: <GSLevy.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 02:58:36 EST

In a message dated 99-02-13 20:22:54 EST, you write:

> Either strings can be concious, in
> which case consciousness is just as complicated as strings are, or only
> computations can be conscious, in which case consciousness is just as
> complicated as computations are.

It seems to me that to solve this problem we should look into the equivalence
between computation and information. When is a string a computation and when
is it information? It seems that the concepts of time and logical sequencing
is required for computation whereas information only requires logical self
consistency.

George
Received on Sun Feb 14 1999 - 00:00:33 PST