Brent, It looks like you were right about the importance of including environmental data in a brain simulation. Markus Muller uses algorithmic information theory to argue that whether or not a simulated brain is a zombie or not, depends on a large extent to the degree in which environmental information is incorporated into the simulation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1699&v=wsbNT3XEdsA&t=51m40s (See 51 minutes 40 seconds in) Jason -- 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/CA%2BBCJUhmdHjJ4%3D9Mkm9dwxKSEwVEMcW_m9Ow2dVeFAz-dPCmHQ%40mail.gmail.com.
