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Yeah, this is related to Stephen Wolfram's principle of computational equivalence and his re-take on "the weather has a mind of his own". Turing machines occur
by arketyp 5y ago
Yeah, this is related to Stephen Wolfram's principle of computational equivalence and his re-take on "the weather has a mind of his own". Turing machines occur everywhere in nature, emerge from the simplest rules, Wolfram demonstrates, so maybe consciousness is everywhere too. Where to put the scope of computing processes basically. Searle refutes it saying it's nonsensical to contend that a concrete wall could be conscious. I don't know, who knows.
- np- 5y agoIt doesn't seem particularly nonsensical to contend a concrete wall has some form of consciousness. Concrete walls don't spring up out of nowhere, they're built by humans who have a need to separate things (either for good or for bad). A single concrete wall might not seem like much, but in the greater scope of things, the rising and falling of all concrete walls seems to represent some sort of plane of humanity and its consciousness. Even think of the extremely complicated emotions evoked by different types of walls: i.e. the Berlin Wall, the U.S.-Mexico Wall, the Great Wall, etc. I know I'm probably reading way too much into this specific example, but I think this could generally apply to a lot of things.