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Human consciousness = RAM memory

Cassie said:
It's getting hot in here!
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And the winner in the category of worst computer based analogy joke is...

Well, it must be hot in here because the fan on our simulated existential hard drive has packed in!
 
Dark Jedi said:
Why are you assuming that the theory will never be verified?

And Here's another definition of the word. (Please link the place where you got yours BTW)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory

As I said, the word can also mean a speculation or an opinion. and is required to be consistent with true descriptions of reality.
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Except that your "theory" doesn't explain any phenomenon not already explained by preexisting theory.
 
Dark Jedi said:
Bump, to cover my ass on the typo i made In post 56. i said:

"As I said, the word can also mean a speculation or an opinion. and is required to be consistent with true descriptions of reality..."

when i meant to say:

"As I said, the word can also mean a speculation or an opinion. and is not required to be consistent with true descriptions of reality..."
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Sorry, now you're just blathering like a pothead. You're interpreting the word theory beyond any bound of its definition. You might as well use the word 'theory' interchangeably with the word 'banana' if you really believe what you're saying there.

A theory is a proposed explanation based on an observed phenomenon or phenomena, from which predictions can be made about the phenomena in question.

A theory arises from observation, not the other way around, and Parsimony so far conclusively eliminates this "computer simulation" proposal unless or until you find something that can only be explained by the proposal. Without it, the proposal is both unsupportable and an unnecessary superfluity.
 
The Question said:
Sorry, now you're just blathering like a pothead. You're interpreting the word theory beyond any bound of its definition. You might as well use the word 'theory' interchangeably with the word 'banana' if you really believe what you're saying there.

A theory is a proposed explanation based on an observed phenomenon or phenomena, from which predictions can be made about the phenomena in question.

A theory arises from observation, not the other way around, and Parsimony so far conclusively eliminates this "computer simulation" proposal unless or until you find something that can only be explained by the proposal. Without it, the proposal is both unsupportable and an unnecessary superfluity.
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Thems some purty words TQ. You are my hero!

:blush:
 
Dark Jedi said:
Why are you assuming that the theory will never be verified?
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Because if we assume the proposal to be true, then the proposal itself renders any test for verifiability or falsifiability inaccessible.

And if the proposal is untrue, again, no verifiability or falsifiability is possible.

Additionally, the proposal is entirely superfluous; there is nothing which requires the proposal. It explains nothing and predicts nothing.

It can't be proven, and even if it could be proven, proving it would impart no benefit to any other field of science. Speculating about it is pointless.
 
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