On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM PGC <multiplecit...@gmail.com> wrote:
* >>** They have provided definitive proof that like it or not mind is a > "mere" mechanism, and that mind is what a brain does.* > > > *> Then make an accurate prediction of the content of my next post. Use > all the AI you want. * > *I could predict what the first word of your next post would be if I had detailed knowledge of the state of your brain, and knew everything you would see, hear , feel, touch, taste and smell between now and the time you sent your next post, and I had sufficient computational capacity. But even then I couldn't do it if I told you what my prediction was before you made that post because that would most certainly induce you to start it with some other word. So your actions would be determined by my actions, and I can't be certain about what I'm going to do until I actually do it just as a calculator can't know what the answer to 2+2 is until it has finished the calculation. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* enq > > > -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0NgEcFq0TV%2BP4A%3D8zbvSGbDbV1E3SU3uZOiiUOEZyMAA%40mail.gmail.com.
