Of course is empty since it doesn't mean anything. As John Searle said it: you can let a pen fall from a height and you can consider it to calculate x = x0 + yt + gt^2/2. So is just words play, you can say about anything you want that it "computes". Of course, besides consciousness.
On Wednesday, 12 June 2019 08:11:32 UTC+3, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > So then computing is not empty. > > Consciousness itself is *intrinsic* (vs. *extrinsic*) computing. > > @philipthrift > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/7e4f3d17-d256-4f8c-aa93-bbe4ec918a8f%40googlegroups.com.
