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Modelling gods mathematically.
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RE: Modelling gods mathematically.
...What? Do you believe God is a massive brain? Remember, modelling something has to do with developing a mathematical description that purports to map onto and explain reality.

Minds aren't purely algorithmic as far as we can tell at this point (unless I'm really forgetting something; Rasetsu knows a lot more on te mind than I). Hence talk of minds "simulating" things is just nonsense. Minds may consider things, but actual simulation is different from merely considering them, as it lacks any real rigor or detail. I'm currently considering a situation in my mind with two people throwing a ball. But am I simulating that in my mind? No. I'm not mentally sertting up what the relevant forces being applied are, what the particle interactions are like, etc. This is no kind of simulation I'm aware of.
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Modelling gods mathematically. - by Heywood - April 6, 2014 at 10:16 am
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by MindForgedManacle - April 6, 2014 at 10:37 am
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by Heywood - April 6, 2014 at 5:33 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by tor - April 6, 2014 at 5:52 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by Heywood - April 6, 2014 at 5:57 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by tor - April 6, 2014 at 7:21 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by Heywood - April 6, 2014 at 10:05 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by tor - April 6, 2014 at 10:37 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by Heywood - April 7, 2014 at 12:03 am
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by truthBtold - April 7, 2014 at 7:07 am
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by tor - April 7, 2014 at 10:34 am
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by Chas - April 6, 2014 at 7:05 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by Senshi - April 6, 2014 at 9:50 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by Chas - April 6, 2014 at 10:45 am
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by LostLocke - April 6, 2014 at 12:16 pm
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by tor - April 6, 2014 at 10:47 am
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by Senshi - April 6, 2014 at 11:28 am
RE: Modelling gods mathematically. - by max-greece - April 6, 2014 at 1:17 pm

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