universeness

I take it you mean human language translators rather than the many other 'translators' used in Computing such as translating high-level languages into...

Would you end your statement there or would you offer any further opinion on the significance or consequences of the reference frame I suggest?

I don't either but I find that I live in very exciting times but also very unstable. I think we are at a turning point. Extinction or humanism is my h...

I like your 'baby step,' analogy. I think that's currently quite accurate for 'significant advances in AI.' I really don't think there is ANY danger o...

I have never seen or read about any AI system that can pass the Turing test in any interesting way, have you?

:rofl: I've never heard of SGD, so much for my 30 years teaching computing science! I only taught to advanced higher level in Scottish Secondary Schoo...

Do you think that it is valid to posit that there exists a reference frame within which the Universe ends when YOU die? Personal oblivion due to death...

Computing Science is my field of 'expertise,' in that I taught the subject for 30 years. NLP is progressing but it's still pretty bad with dialect and...

Thanks, I wish we had some answers! Come on ye scientists!

Well, your brain can be preserved in formaldehyde for much longer than a human lifespan. Are 'you' still in there? What about those who get their head...

Potential.

Here is an offering from MUSE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LgLcDg15SM Propaganda permeates all levels of society, even between two people in a re...

I think I am beginning to hate Latin! Why do people think it adds something if you 'type some Latin,' to augment? :death: Sorry for this little rant, ...

What I find most interesting is the human need to know or at least the need to ask questions. It does not seem to matter how often humans make stateme...

This reminds me of a comment made about polytheism and theism in general. 'Theists have reduced their many gods to 1 god. Only one more step to go to ...

Sounds to me that you are suggesting that some merging of individual consciousnesses in the very distant future is not something you completely reject...

What do you mean by 'for real?' If you really do mean 'for real,' then the obvious question is how do we do that?

I edited my previous comment to you, just to make it more complete. Absolutely, we could all do with more time spent thinking, I am no exception to th...

Well, now you are moving towards issues like infinite regression and the suggestion that the whole system collapses without a 'first cause' or prime m...

:smile: Aint it the truth!

Well, I don't want to add to the burden of your reading list Jack, :smile: but I would highly recommend Joe Atwill's 'Caesars Messiah'. I found it fas...

Please do, but I don't think I am, as Barry Manilow starts off with 'One voice singing in the darkness.' I think the number of global voices are growi...

If I understand your question correctly I would say that would be lifeforms such as us, we do the combining.

I think this is an example of what we must not do, anthropomorphise computers! Computers do not 'look' or 'see.' An input sensor is a peripheral devic...

Yeah but most of us now advocate for much more civilised behavior than was required under the Darwinian laws of the jungle. In fact, more and more peo...

For me, human portrayals of ancient gods are strong evidence that humans created gods and gods never existed. Whether gods are portrayed as humanoids,...

Well, I think theistic women do want to see themselves fully represented right beside god, behind every great god there has to be a great goddess. I a...

Atwill suggests that your imagery of the 'Mary's' was what the real authors of the gospels intended, whilst hiding the truth behind the stories in the...

Which is just so........human, isn't it.

But meaningful data = information Meaning and data only constitute information when they are combined and that which is a combination cannot be fundam...

This is the situation of 'me' trying to identify what 'myself' is, by asking 'myself,' whilst also trying to identify where the question is coming fro...

I don't think technology and transhumanism will ever be able to guarantee immortality but I think it will offer more and more longevity of individual ...

For me this is vital to understanding the good and bad aspects of what the human storytelling tradition has brought us to. From the first moment, our ...

Sorry Jack, I don't know how my typings on this thread, gave that impression. I was going for the exact opposite. I was typing about art and/or musics...

Fair enough, but I think it's important for all of us to continue to struggle to combat inaccurate generalisations even though, as I type this, my inn...

After this, you went on to type about certain workings of the brain. All good stuff. Consciousness seems to be able to employ un/sub/conscious automat...

Does this definition prevent consciousness from being a result of the combination of smaller quanta? If it's a relational activity then what are you r...

I think this is pretty accurate under the heading of your last sentence. For all scientists who would declare themselves as naturalist however, I woul...

I agree with the general concept of objective truth but I also think its very useful to move from the general to specific examples before attempting t...

No, I am not a panpsychist or a cosmopsychist but I have a tiny eyebrow twitch towards them. The idea that the totality of all the individual consciou...

I conceive a range such as: Not capable of self-generated movement(dead or a rock for example)....capable of self-generated movement...some measure of...

I also appreciate your time and your effort.

Primal fear of the unknown/misunderstood/things which seem much bigger and stronger than you. Attempt an imaginary mindwalk for a moment, in the shoes...

I don't think there is much chance of me getting the opportunity EugeneW, so it's a moot point. My projection of humans living outside of our planet a...

:rofl: You do love that panto response EugeneW Not only are you a big fearty but you are a pessimistic one. I don't subscribe to 'The end is nigh' san...

Right back at you and your interesting but very personalised version of theism EugeneW!

You're stretching/straining that logic elastic to the limit again EugeneW. Extinction on one planet won't matter so much if we exist on thousands of t...

An example of what you mean would help. If algebraic A is instantiated to 'the existence of gravity' then yes, I agree. If A is assigned 'consciousnes...

What?? You miss the main practical point I made. The more planets/space stations etc we exist on, the harder it is to make us extinct. If we are all o...

The primal fear which I am convinced is the substrate of all theism that you display in your typings. I push our species to boldy go where no man has ...