On 16 February 2014 01:41, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > To extend your metaphor, in my view, since the characters in a drama can > build an LCD screen as part of the show, but an LCD screen can't build a > show as part of its function, it makes more sense that the drama is > fundamental and that from an absolute perspective, it is the pixels which > are the epiphenomenal show. The reason why it is reversed for us locally is > that our show is nested several times within other shows which are both > larger and smaller in scope and slower and faster in frequency. The most > 'other' of these shows is the one which appears most mechanical, as it > includes the fastest, slowest, largest, and smallest experiences relative to > our own - the polar opposite of our own native scope, which is by definition > middle-range from our perspective.
As per my answer to David, the movie has meaning only to a conscious entity. If a computer is a conscious entity it will create meaning for itself, as humans do. You don't think a computer could do this but that's just prejudice. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
