This video is set towards the end so I have not seen the whole 
presentation. At the end he gets into the Wigner's friend problem in QM, 
and there is the result of Fraschiger and Renner on this that illustrates 
limits on the idea of objective observership.

A brain to function needs an environment. It must be an open system  A 
brain or conscious entity that is a closed system is almost a 
contradiction. Self-awareness is all within the perspective of a relative 
basis with an external world.

LC

On Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 12:36:57 PM UTC-5, Jason wrote:
>
> 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
>

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