Re: 'Multiverse Theory' - Universe is a Virtual Reality Matrix

From: Shrikantha S. Shastry (shrikanthas_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: 3 Aug 2004 03:47:36 -0700

(snip)
> Of course consciousness is physical, it is part of the universe. The
> arguments about strong AI are arguments about explaining conscious
> experience using an information systems model. From a scientific
> viewpoint the fascination of conscious experience is discovering the
> nature of the phenomenon. Conscious experience is a physical
> phenomenon and one day people will probably be stupid enough to create
> a non-biological conscious entity. However, it will not be possible to
> 'simulate' it so that the simulations themselves are conscious - it is
> a real phenomenon not a set of functions in an information system.
>
> There are numerous arguments against strong AI given in the link above
> - if you feel so strongly about this please indicate where they are in
> error.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Alex Green

Consciousness is neither physical nor biological, it is spiritual.
Singularity in physics denotes, indeed, the essential consciousness on
which the universe is merely illusory which is more appropriate
expression for the universe compared to virtual reality.

S S Shastry

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