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Unless the universe contains mechanisms to allow more powerful computation models than we are aware of, then I cannot see how it could possibly not be possible.
by burgerbrain 15y ago
Unless the universe contains mechanisms to allow more powerful computation models than we are aware of, then I cannot see how it could possibly not be possible.
Intelligence is observed in nature in little pieces of meat that arose through natural selection. The notion that it is doing anything that possibly couldn't fall under the umbrella of computation is one that does not logically make sense. The only logical position to assume is that until brains can be demonstrated to be solving problems that Turing machines cannot, they must be assumed to be computationally equivalent.
- yters 15y agoNo, in the realm of logical necessity, there is nothing necessitating observed phenomena be the product of computations. I could state this in terms of Kolmogorov complexity: there could be specific events with higher KC than the origin of the universe. I don't see anything inherently incoherent about that statement. It doesn't fit within modern deterministic/stochastic metaphysics, but that's besides the point.