But that is *extrinsic*, not *intrinsic* computing. *Real *computing is both.
https://codicalist.wordpress.com/2018/09/30/real-computationalism/ e.g. An intrinsic program of brain development Sarah Webb https://www.nature.com/articles/stemcells.2008.120 @philipthroft On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 1:25:20 AM UTC-5, Cosmin Visan wrote: > > 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/a0235e5a-cb1f-4f81-ba9f-0d9fa3f0f57d%40googlegroups.com.
