This is going to be crude, but if I understand what Bruno( and others)
are saying, there is no Physics or physical universe. There is a (are)
large computer program(s) running, some segment of which exhibits
consciousness? Does that crudely imply that everything I sense could
be considered a dream or illusion from the majority viewpoint?
Ronald
On Dec 1, 12:58 pm, Bruno Marchal <marc....domain.name.hidden> wrote:
> Hi Kim,
>
> On 28 Nov 2008, at 09:54, Kim Jones wrote:
>
> > How is it - dans les termes comprehensibles a un gamin comme moi -
> > that because I am a machine, SANS des MATHEMATIQUES, there is no
> > substratum of primitive physical materiality?
>
> > If you can explain this dans des termes simples pour une fois je te
> > serais infiniment reconnaisant
>
> To explain that the world is (mostly) mathematical (and then psycho or
> bio or theo logical), without mathematics, can be demanding.
> What could help is the Mandelbrot Set. I will think about it.
>
> Also, I don't want to bore the list too much, and there are already
> many posts, so I will go extremely slowly.
>
> You may be disappointed. In general mystic-open people like the
> conclusion, but dislike the hypotheses and the methodology
> (reasoning). The rationalists like the hypotheses and the reasoning,
> but few appreciate the conclusion.
>
> Are you really serious? I could send a post per month, taking
> everything at zero.
>
> Have you an intuition that consciousness is not material?
>
> In case you were not serious, it is ok also. But I like to share, and
> others could benefit. Who knows, you could be the one finding the
> fatal flaw!
>
> Best,
>
> Brunohttp://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
>
> La vérité sort de la bouche des débutants.
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