Re: Turing vs math

From: Jacques M. Mallah <jqm1584.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 14:02:34 -0500 (EST)

On 2 Mar -1, Marchal wrote:
> Take the self-duplication experiment as a simple illustration, where
> after having been read I am reconstitued at two different places.
> Nobody (not even God) can compute where I will find myself after the
> duplication.

        That has nothing to do with computability! The fact is, depending
on how 'you' is defined, you are either at BOTH places, or at NEITHER
place!

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              Jacques Mallah (jqm1584.domain.name.hidden)
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Received on Wed Nov 03 1999 - 11:05:33 PST

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