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What happens if we combine Lloyd's "universe as computer" theory with Kurzweil's belief that computing machines can achieve consciousness and spirituality? We get an interesting theoretical foundation for the existence of an all-pervasive and conscious God, including the possibility of one that "loves" Its creations -- and whose metaphorical "eye" might well be on every sparrow, as the old gospel song suggests.

Interesting read...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/one-faith-one-lord-one-_b_16898.html

Get back on the medication Kate.

You take a serious bit of science, information theory, merge it with a whoo-whoo bit of fluff about the possibility, and it is only a possibility, that a machine might achieve what we would interpret as consciousness ...

And then leap across the boundary between sentience and nonsense to add spirituality, all-pervasive, and conscious God that loves its creations to the mix.

Perhaps you should pass ownership of SAGG to Rose and Rusty.

Or is this just another one of your games with the lab rats? Inquiring minds want to know.

"Or is this just another one of your games with the lab rats? Inquiring minds want to know."

- On the basis of the statement at the end of the article I presume Kate posted it to wind you up and watch you go:

"It's entirely possible that existence is a truth that must be approached with art as well as science, intuition and "soul" as well as reason."

Blacknad.

I have already said that Universe can be thought of an computer .. but of a different kind.
It is not binary.

You're going off again. Try to stay on topic.

I do not know if computers can become sentient but I darn well know they have a mind of their own!! At least Microsoft products do....damn automatic spacing and crap that does it's own thing.

Chaoslilith:
please refrain from swearing; it isn't cute and it doesn't make you appear more adult.

Amaranth Rose
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dvk listed to port and wrote:
"I have already said that Universe can be thought of an computer .. but of a different kind. It is not binary."

Actually it is binary ... and I have proof.

Show me yours and I'll show you mine.

Just curious:
If your 'binary` is 'living vs, dead,`
where would you place prions?
If 'there vs. not there`, where is
there?

Pragmatist
"Ah to unscrew the inscrutable!"