Interlude - There could be unthinkable thoughts Isn't this inevitable? Rather like the idea of computable and non-computable numbers [1] being a inevitable con

Interlude - There could be unthinkable thoughts Isn't this inevitable? Rather like the idea of computable and non-computable numbers [1] being a inevitable consequence of the nature of numbers and computation. If a thought is a mental state then, at any instant, a brain can only be in one of a large but finite set of states. Unless all brains are identical then there must be mental states that are inaccessible to some brains. Extending the state space of some brains by using new mediums, while useful, won't change the principle. (The question of whether there are thoughts that cannot be thought by any mentality is kind of hard for me to get my brain around. I suspect that such a thing might not qualify as a thought.) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computable_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computable_number