Re: [sl4] Complete drivel on this list: was: I am a Singularitian who does not believe in the Singularity.

From: John K Clark (johnkclark@fastmail.fm)
Date: Mon Oct 12 2009 - 21:14:28 MDT

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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 "J. Andrew Rogers" <andrew@ceruleansystems.com>
said:

> An argument from Turing machines is silly, since your argument is
> predicated on features that only exist for true Turing machines.

Turing machines are more powerful than real computers because they have
infinite memory, so any limitations of Turing machines is even more true
of real computers.

> Am I missing something major

Yes.

John K Clark

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