Re: The GLUT and functionalism  From: Stathis Papaioannou (
Date: Tue Mar 18 2008 - 05:57:30 MDT  On 18/03/2008, Lee Corbin
<> wrote:  > > Now, suppose the first operator transfers the
final state of his > > machine *as well as* every other possible
state, again not telling > > which is which, and the second
operator just happens to choose the > > right state to input. Is
there interruption of consciousness? > No interruption. The last
state on the Australian machine is > identical to the first
state on the Vienna machine.  Sorry for labouring the point (I'd
be surprised if anyone other than you and I have followed the
thread this far) but I intended that there be no overlap. The
Australian operator reads the last state S(n) of his machine,
and transfers this information to the Vienna operator who works
out (from knowledge of the machine's operation) that he must
start up his machine in state S(n+1). In this way the combined
machines + operators can reliably carry out the same
computations as a single machine