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Relativistic Implications for Physical Copies of Conscious States
The possibility of algorithmic consciousness depends on the assumption that
conscious states can be copied or repeated by sufficiently duplicating their
underlying physical states, leading to a variety of paradoxes, including the
problems of duplication, teleportation, simulation, self-location, the
Boltzmann brain, and Wigner's Friend. In an effort to further elucidate the
physical nature of consciousness, I challenge these assumptions by analyzing
the implications of special relativity on evolutions of identical copies of a
mental state, particularly the divergence of these evolutions due to quantum
fluctuations. By assuming the supervenience of a conscious state on some
sufficient underlying physical state, I show that the existence of two or more
instances, whether spacelike or timelike, of the same conscious state leads to
a logical contradiction, ultimately refuting the assumption that a conscious
state can be physically reset to an earlier state or duplicated by any physical
means. Several explanatory hypotheses and implications are addressed,
particularly the relationships between consciousness, locality, physical
irreversibility, and quantum no-cloning.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures. Replacement to fix minor formatting issue
Educational software reflecting two philosophical approaches to ethics education
Ethics education can vary considerably in its instructional strategies based on differences in the theoretical positions underlying the approach to moral development being stressed. Two such approaches are the 'justice' approach as exemplified by Kohlberg's six stages of moral development, and the 'care ethic' approach as exemplified by Gilligan's work on empathy as a base for moral decision-making. Each of these approaches can be demonstrated through different instructional strategies in the ethics education course, but each strategy is often difficult to execute in practice, given time and resource constraints
Spartan Daily October 23, 2012
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In pursuit of satisfaction and the prevention of embarrassment : affective state in group recommender systems
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Whither the Language Lab?
Language Labs have experienced many changes over thepast several years, from changes in names to changes in direction.This edited transcription of a panel discussion at the1994 TESOL conference by six experienced language lab directorsprovides an informal and free-wheeling discussionabout the following questions: (1) What's in a name (change)?(2) What is the most appropriate role for technology with respectto language learning and teaching? (3) What is the roleof the language lab vis-a-vis faculty and adminis tration? (4)What are students' perceptions of language labs? (5) Whathas had the greatest impact on language labs over the last tento twenty years? (6) What are the fundamental characteristicsof the ideal lab director? (7) What is the greatest challengefacing the language lab today, as well as into the next decade?(8) Whither the language lab? What direction do we see ourselvesmoving in the next generation
An Automata Based Text Analysis System
This report describes and implements an automata based text analysis system. We have collected some of the writing samples. Each sample establishes a tree, and uses the ALERGIA algorithm to merge all compatible nodes in order to get a merged stochastic finite automaton. We store these automatons which demonstrate writing style of the sample texts in the hard drive. For a new testing piece, we can test if it has similar writing style compared to those sample texts
Nowhere to Run; Nowhere to Hide: The Reality of Being a Law Library Director in Times of Great Opportunity and Significant Challenges
This is an edited version of remarks presented at \u27Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide\u27: The Reality of Being a Law Library Director in Times of Great Opportunity and Significant Challenges, January 5, 2015, at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C
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