Creating such a computer is perfectly possible, but, it would be very slow, if it had to account for all particles in the universe. |
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Alright. Imagine this. Let's assume the beginning of the universe is expressable in programming form into some sort of engine which emulates our laws of physics(correctly and fully, even ones we haven't figured out yet). The amount of energy, mass, the direction in which it's moving at the very beginning is input. The computer is this holycrappowerful supercomputer. Then you run the simulation. |
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Creating such a computer is perfectly possible, but, it would be very slow, if it had to account for all particles in the universe. |
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Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
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Can somebody remember that paper on how a computer simulation could help explain various strange phenomena such as finite light speed, quantum uncertainty, and the like..? |
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Didn't think about it that way. Makes sense. Thank you. |
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Jen was 13 years old. A fairly normal girl. She spent a lot of time online.
One day, she made a new friend. He liked the same bands, worried about the same subjects.
They decided to meet at the local mall. She went. So did he.
Only he wasn't in junior high.
HE WAS A 1500 LB GRIZZLY BEAR.
1 in 5 children online get eaten by wild bears. And you didn't even know bears could type.
That's what I think. But do we consider them one collective being or several individual ones? On one level they'd be entirely seperate 'programs' or algorithms but in 'reality' they'd all be based off one processor.[/QUOTE] |
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---o--- my DCs say I'm dreamy.
What do you mean? |
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Maekel posed the question: "Do we consider them one collective being or several individual ones? On one level they'd be entirely seperate 'programs' or algorithms but in 'reality' they'd all be based off one processor. " |
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---o--- my DCs say I'm dreamy.
Words are not objectively real; humans define them, not discover them. If we define soul in an equivalent way to consciousness, they're the same, if we don't, they're not. |
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Jen was 13 years old. A fairly normal girl. She spent a lot of time online.
One day, she made a new friend. He liked the same bands, worried about the same subjects.
They decided to meet at the local mall. She went. So did he.
Only he wasn't in junior high.
HE WAS A 1500 LB GRIZZLY BEAR.
1 in 5 children online get eaten by wild bears. And you didn't even know bears could type.
So you would not consider dogs intelligent? It seems difficult to imagine that they engage in 'abstraction' in the sense of mathematics or metaphors. |
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Hmm. You're right. Maybe self awareness? |
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Jen was 13 years old. A fairly normal girl. She spent a lot of time online.
One day, she made a new friend. He liked the same bands, worried about the same subjects.
They decided to meet at the local mall. She went. So did he.
Only he wasn't in junior high.
HE WAS A 1500 LB GRIZZLY BEAR.
1 in 5 children online get eaten by wild bears. And you didn't even know bears could type.
Personally I think intelligence refers more to the capacity for learning. |
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Surely, words and concepts are stored SOMEHOW in our brains. Therefore, they are a physical part of the universe. If we define soul in an equivalent way to consciousness (as we understand it), they're the same. If we don't, they may not be, but we don't really know that, at all. It would depend on HOW you define "soul". |
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Last edited by sloth; 07-15-2011 at 03:21 PM.
---o--- my DCs say I'm dreamy.
We don't know everything. For all we know, if such a simulation ran there could be a overwhelming amount of A's that turn out as Y's, and visa versa. |
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The statement below is the truth.
The statement above is a lie.
Jen was 13 years old. A fairly normal girl. She spent a lot of time online.
One day, she made a new friend. He liked the same bands, worried about the same subjects.
They decided to meet at the local mall. She went. So did he.
Only he wasn't in junior high.
HE WAS A 1500 LB GRIZZLY BEAR.
1 in 5 children online get eaten by wild bears. And you didn't even know bears could type.
Maekel is right. Whether or not such a simulation is possible is completely irrelavent to the idea that we are exploring. |
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---o--- my DCs say I'm dreamy.
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