I’ve got degrees in Math and CS (more or less), and fully understand how algorithms are implemented, so don’t give yourself airs. (In fact you might enjoy this). You can’t debug a program in terms of the Schroedinger wave equation, which is what Yudkowski’s position amounts to saying. The mystery is not that algorithms can run on different hardware, but that such runnings are instantiations of the same abstract thing; without sharing any physical properties. That indicates that the thing that is being instantiated is not a physical thing. While this does not prove the existence of gods or ghosts, it is still somehthing of a conceptual problem for strong reductionism. Please at least take the trouble to understand what I’m saying before writing long posts explaining why I’m wrong.
I’ve got degrees in Math and CS (more or less), and fully understand how algorithms are implemented, so don’t give yourself airs. (In fact you might enjoy this). You can’t debug a program in terms of the Schroedinger wave equation, which is what Yudkowski’s position amounts to saying. The mystery is not that algorithms can run on different hardware, but that such runnings are instantiations of the same abstract thing; without sharing any physical properties. That indicates that the thing that is being instantiated is not a physical thing. While this does not prove the existence of gods or ghosts, it is still somehthing of a conceptual problem for strong reductionism. Please at least take the trouble to understand what I’m saying before writing long posts explaining why I’m wrong.