From: J. Andrew Rogers (andrew@ceruleansystems.com)
Date: Sun Aug 19 2007 - 16:36:04 MDT
On Aug 19, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Randall Randall wrote:
> On Aug 19, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote:
>> Consciousness is very hard to
>> define rigorously, but everyone knows what it is. It is what
>> distinguishes
>> this universe from a hypothetical atom-for-atom identical universe
>> that exists
>> beyond the awareness of any person, including your copy that lives
>> your life,
>> following its neurally programmed instructions, deterministically
>> making the
>> exact same sequence of decisions that you make.
>
> Ah, like a substance which is chemically water, with the
> same atoms in the same positions as water, but which is
> not wet at 30C?
Like ice-VII?
Cheers,
J. Andrew Rogers
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