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We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.cjv wrote:
What I am arguing about is someone retaining their consciousness, the ability to think, while in that state. That someone who is somehow transformed into energy can suddenly control themselves in that form, or that they can suddenly control all forms of energy.
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Doesn't the human brain contain an electrical charge that keeps it alive?worldsbestcomics wrote:We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.cjv wrote:
What I am arguing about is someone retaining their consciousness, the ability to think, while in that state. That someone who is somehow transformed into energy can suddenly control themselves in that form, or that they can suddenly control all forms of energy.
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or something like that.
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same way a quantum computer works...worldsbestcomics wrote:We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.cjv wrote:
What I am arguing about is someone retaining their consciousness, the ability to think, while in that state. That someone who is somehow transformed into energy can suddenly control themselves in that form, or that they can suddenly control all forms of energy.
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Explain!myron wrote:same way a quantum computer works...worldsbestcomics wrote:We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.cjv wrote:
What I am arguing about is someone retaining their consciousness, the ability to think, while in that state. That someone who is somehow transformed into energy can suddenly control themselves in that form, or that they can suddenly control all forms of energy.
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smart as@...basically instead of following the classical laws of mechanics and using bit operators of 0 and 1 and each bit is physically active somewhere in the computer...a quantum computer uses qubits which can rest in a state of 0, 1 or both simultaneausly...allowing for many things to be happening at the same instant...rather than at different instances...X-O HoboJoe wrote:Explain!myron wrote:same way a quantum computer works...worldsbestcomics wrote:We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.cjv wrote:
What I am arguing about is someone retaining their consciousness, the ability to think, while in that state. That someone who is somehow transformed into energy can suddenly control themselves in that form, or that they can suddenly control all forms of energy.
Chris

maybe Chiclo can explain more...
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I think I like the Dilbert explaination.myron wrote:smart as@...basically instead of following the classical laws of mechanics and using bit operators of 0 and 1 and each bit is physically active somewhere in the computer...a quantum computer uses qubits which can rest in a state of 0, 1 or both simultaneausly...allowing for many things to be happening at the same instant...rather than at different instances...X-O HoboJoe wrote:Explain!myron wrote:same way a quantum computer works...worldsbestcomics wrote:We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.cjv wrote:
What I am arguing about is someone retaining their consciousness, the ability to think, while in that state. That someone who is somehow transformed into energy can suddenly control themselves in that form, or that they can suddenly control all forms of energy.
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maybe Chiclo can explain more...

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X-O HoboJoe wrote:I think I like the Dilbert explaination.myron wrote:smart as@...basically instead of following the classical laws of mechanics and using bit operators of 0 and 1 and each bit is physically active somewhere in the computer...a quantum computer uses qubits which can rest in a state of 0, 1 or both simultaneausly...allowing for many things to be happening at the same instant...rather than at different instances...X-O HoboJoe wrote:Explain!myron wrote:same way a quantum computer works...worldsbestcomics wrote:We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.cjv wrote:
What I am arguing about is someone retaining their consciousness, the ability to think, while in that state. That someone who is somehow transformed into energy can suddenly control themselves in that form, or that they can suddenly control all forms of energy.
Chris![]()
maybe Chiclo can explain more...

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X-O HoboJoe wrote:I think I like the Dilbert explaination.myron wrote:smart as@...basically instead of following the classical laws of mechanics and using bit operators of 0 and 1 and each bit is physically active somewhere in the computer...a quantum computer uses qubits which can rest in a state of 0, 1 or both simultaneausly...allowing for many things to be happening at the same instant...rather than at different instances...X-O HoboJoe wrote:Explain!myron wrote:same way a quantum computer works...worldsbestcomics wrote:We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.cjv wrote:
What I am arguing about is someone retaining their consciousness, the ability to think, while in that state. That someone who is somehow transformed into energy can suddenly control themselves in that form, or that they can suddenly control all forms of energy.
Chris![]()
maybe Chiclo can explain more...


I at least understood the Dilbert explanation more.

In a quantum computer, because of the additional state, it is much more powerful since it can add a third level of operating power, right? (in theory? or has this actually been applied?)
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Except that the brain isn't JUST energy. It is also neurons. The energy is transmitted between the cells, so presumably "thought" and "consciousnes" involve those cell to some degree.worldsbestcomics wrote:We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow.
The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.

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I THINK it's been applied....cjv wrote:X-O HoboJoe wrote:I think I like the Dilbert explaination.myron wrote:smart as@...basically instead of following the classical laws of mechanics and using bit operators of 0 and 1 and each bit is physically active somewhere in the computer...a quantum computer uses qubits which can rest in a state of 0, 1 or both simultaneausly...allowing for many things to be happening at the same instant...rather than at different instances...X-O HoboJoe wrote:Explain!myron wrote:same way a quantum computer works...worldsbestcomics wrote: We do know that the brain does its work with energy. How that ties into "consciousness" or self-awareness is not known and so it is fair to speculate that consciousness could tie into energy somehow. The question of control is a separate issue. Even if self-aware, how could a being of pure energy interact with the rest of the universe? Since such a being is purely speculative, you can't really say what the capacities of such a being would, or would not, be.![]()
maybe Chiclo can explain more...![]()
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I at least understood the Dilbert explanation more.
In a quantum computer, because of the additional state, it is much more powerful since it can add a third level of operating power, right? (in theory? or has this actually been applied?)
Chris

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Screw Binary, I want a DNA computer.myron wrote:I THINK it's been applied....cjv wrote:X-O HoboJoe wrote:I think I like the Dilbert explaination.myron wrote:smart as@...basically instead of following the classical laws of mechanics and using bit operators of 0 and 1 and each bit is physically active somewhere in the computer...a quantum computer uses qubits which can rest in a state of 0, 1 or both simultaneausly...allowing for many things to be happening at the same instant...rather than at different instances...X-O HoboJoe wrote:Explain!myron wrote:same way a quantum computer works...![]()
maybe Chiclo can explain more...![]()
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I at least understood the Dilbert explanation more.
In a quantum computer, because of the additional state, it is much more powerful since it can add a third level of operating power, right? (in theory? or has this actually been applied?)
Chris

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Dammit, MOTA, I told you to turn the webcam off while we try this . . .ManofTheAtom wrote:greg wrote:It ain't gonna happen, so you can take the bra off your head now.ManofTheAtom wrote:I want a computer like the one in Weird Science.X-O HoboJoe wrote:Screw Binary, I want a DNA computer.
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I didn't forget. I just thought that using an anatomically INcorrect doll was a bad idea. You were just too impatient and couldn't wait till I hooked the good doll.X-O HoboJoe wrote:Who forgot to connect the doll?ManofTheAtom wrote:You shouldn't use the computer without the ceremonial bra on your head.X-O HoboJoe wrote:Dammit, MOTA, I told you to turn the webcam off while we try this . . .
WTF is this missle doing in here?
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Isn't that Homo sapiens?X-O HoboJoe wrote:Screw Binary, I want a DNA computer.myron wrote:I THINK it's been applied....cjv wrote:X-O HoboJoe wrote:I think I like the Dilbert explaination.myron wrote:smart as@...basically instead of following the classical laws of mechanics and using bit operators of 0 and 1 and each bit is physically active somewhere in the computer...a quantum computer uses qubits which can rest in a state of 0, 1 or both simultaneausly...allowing for many things to be happening at the same instant...rather than at different instances...X-O HoboJoe wrote: Explain!![]()
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I at least understood the Dilbert explanation more.
In a quantum computer, because of the additional state, it is much more powerful since it can add a third level of operating power, right? (in theory? or has this actually been applied?)
Chris
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We were using a Michael Jackson doll?ManofTheAtom wrote:I didn't forget. I just thought that using an anatomically INcorrect doll was a bad idea. You were just too impatient and couldn't wait till I hooked the good doll.X-O HoboJoe wrote:Who forgot to connect the doll?ManofTheAtom wrote:You shouldn't use the computer without the ceremonial bra on your head.X-O HoboJoe wrote:Dammit, MOTA, I told you to turn the webcam off while we try this . . .
WTF is this missle doing in here?
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Pretty much anything with genes?cjv wrote:Isn't that Homo sapiens?X-O HoboJoe wrote:Screw Binary, I want a DNA computer.myron wrote:I THINK it's been applied....cjv wrote:X-O HoboJoe wrote:I think I like the Dilbert explaination.myron wrote:smart as@...basically instead of following the classical laws of mechanics and using bit operators of 0 and 1 and each bit is physically active somewhere in the computer...a quantum computer uses qubits which can rest in a state of 0, 1 or both simultaneausly...allowing for many things to be happening at the same instant...rather than at different instances...![]()
maybe Chiclo can explain more...![]()
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I at least understood the Dilbert explanation more.
In a quantum computer, because of the additional state, it is much more powerful since it can add a third level of operating power, right? (in theory? or has this actually been applied?)
Chris
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Well, some may be an Tandy and some may be a dual core PC.X-O HoboJoe wrote:Pretty much anything with genes?cjv wrote:Isn't that Homo sapiens?X-O HoboJoe wrote:Screw Binary, I want a DNA computer.myron wrote:I THINK it's been applied....cjv wrote:X-O HoboJoe wrote: I think I like the Dilbert explaination.![]()
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I at least understood the Dilbert explanation more.
In a quantum computer, because of the additional state, it is much more powerful since it can add a third level of operating power, right? (in theory? or has this actually been applied?)
Chris
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It's all about the hard-drive, baby!cjv wrote:Well, some may be an Tandy and some may be a dual core PC.X-O HoboJoe wrote:Pretty much anything with genes?cjv wrote:Isn't that Homo sapiens?X-O HoboJoe wrote:Screw Binary, I want a DNA computer.myron wrote:I THINK it's been applied....cjv wrote:![]()
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I at least understood the Dilbert explanation more.
In a quantum computer, because of the additional state, it is much more powerful since it can add a third level of operating power, right? (in theory? or has this actually been applied?)
Chris
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