Would you actually go as far as maintaining that, if a change were to happen tomorrow to the 1,000th decimal place of a physical constant, it would be likely to stop brains from working, or are you just saying that a similar change to a physical constant, if it happened in the past, would have been likely to stop the sequence of events which has caused brains to come into existence?
Option 2. Existing brains might be OK—but I think newly-constructed ones would have to not work properly when they matured. So, option 2 would not be enough on its own.
Thanks for telling me that. I was logged in and didn’t see it, but I will look more carefully next time.
I’m actually proof-reading a document now which improves the “action selection process”. I was never happy with what I described and it was a kind of placeholder. The new stuff will be very short though.
Anyway, what do you do? I have the idea it is something computer related, maybe?
Apologies for the comment I inadvertently placed here. I thought I was answering a PM and did not mean to add personal exchanges. I find computers annoying sometimes, and will happily stop using them when something else that is Turing equivalent becomes available.
Would you actually go as far as maintaining that, if a change were to happen tomorrow to the 1,000th decimal place of a physical constant, it would be likely to stop brains from working, or are you just saying that a similar change to a physical constant, if it happened in the past, would have been likely to stop the sequence of events which has caused brains to come into existence?
Option 2. Existing brains might be OK—but I think newly-constructed ones would have to not work properly when they matured. So, option 2 would not be enough on its own.
Correction: That last line should be “which has CAUSED brains to come into existence?”
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By the way, I’m reading your part 15, section 2 now.
Hi Silas!
Thanks for telling me that. I was logged in and didn’t see it, but I will look more carefully next time.
I’m actually proof-reading a document now which improves the “action selection process”. I was never happy with what I described and it was a kind of placeholder. The new stuff will be very short though.
Anyway, what do you do? I have the idea it is something computer related, maybe?
Apologies for the comment I inadvertently placed here. I thought I was answering a PM and did not mean to add personal exchanges. I find computers annoying sometimes, and will happily stop using them when something else that is Turing equivalent becomes available.