The Buddha Machine?

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Philip Thrift

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Oct 1, 2020, 5:19:47 AM10/1/20
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(The Turing Machine processes information. The Buddha Machine processes experience.)





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Lawrence Crowell

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Oct 1, 2020, 5:34:07 AM10/1/20
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John Horgan is a bit into nonsense. He is, as I remember, the end of science guy who said science was coming to an end. He has made other pronouncements.

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Philip Thrift

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Oct 1, 2020, 6:39:39 AM10/1/20
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I don't think that descries him accurately. His many SciAm articles are good.


He is a skeptic of a lot ,especailly when scientists go off the deep end - notably Many Worlds Interpretation.


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smitra

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Oct 1, 2020, 8:21:58 AM10/1/20
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The set of different experiences is Many Worlds in disguise. Each
experience is a World in its own right.

Saibal

On 01-10-2020 12:39, Philip Thrift wrote:
> I don't think that descries him accurately. His many SciAm articles
> are good.
>
> https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/john-horgan7
>
> He is a skeptic of a lot ,especailly when scientists go off the deep
> end - notably MANY WORLDS INTERPRETATION.
>
> @philipthrift
>
> On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 4:34:07 AM UTC-5 Lawrence Crowell
> wrote:
>
>> John Horgan is a bit into nonsense. He is, as I remember, the end of
>> science guy who said science was coming to an end. He has made other
>> pronouncements.
>>
>> LC
>>
>> On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 4:19:47 AM UTC-5 cloud...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> (The Turing Machine processes information. The Buddha Machine
>>> processes experience.)
>>>
>>> via
>>>
>>> John Horgan
>>>
>>> @Horganism
>>>
>>> https://twitter.com/Horganism/status/1311583221675692032
>>>
>>>
>>> https://psychopolitica.substack.com/p/the-laws-of-consciousness
>>>
>>> @philipthrift
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Bruce Kellett

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Oct 1, 2020, 8:30:15 AM10/1/20
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On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:21 PM smitra <smi...@zonnet.nl> wrote:
The set of different experiences is Many Worlds in disguise. Each
experience is a World in its own right.

Saibal

So you wake up into a different parallel world every morning? Right....?

Bruce

smitra

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Oct 1, 2020, 12:24:31 PM10/1/20
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Yes, see here:

https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.1615

Saibal

Bruce Kellett

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Oct 1, 2020, 6:19:35 PM10/1/20
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Just playing with words.....

Bruce
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