Kim Jones wrote:
>
> On 10/01/2009, at 6:37 PM, Brent Meeker wrote:
>
>> The question is how is the simulated observer made conscious of the
>> passage of
>> (simulated) time. If you just look a momentary machine states,
>> ignoring their
>> causal/temporal relations, how will they create the consciousness of
>> time in the
>> simulated observer?
>>
>> Brent
>
>
> But does it make any difference whether the observer is simulated or
> not?
But the question is what constitutes an adequate simulation. Can it be the
existence of disjoint states or must there be a causal connection between the
states or is some implicit order enough? How does the "time" get simulated?
Brent
>I've been assuming all along that my "reality" might be a
> "simulated" one from your POV. You could (without me knowing for sure
> but perhaps suspecting it) be projecting my entire reality for my (and
> almost certainly, your) benefit. Without you fiddling the knobs and
> faders behind the scenes I don't even exist.
>
> Time exists where the conscious mind attributes or senses "meaning".
> Because everything can ultimately be derived from everything else, it
> makes sense that time is like a kind of "white noise of meaning" of
> all perceived OMs.
>
>
> If that isn't too Shirley McLaine
>
>
>
> regards,
>
>
> Kim
>
> >
>
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