[ExI] Do digital computers feel?

John Clark johnkclark at gmail.com
Tue Dec 27 17:03:38 UTC 2016


On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Stuart LaForge <avant at sollegro.com> wrote:

​> ​
> Chaos theory describes the "butterfly effect", therefore a similar
> mathematical treatment might allow small gravititational effects to
> influence ones mental states in unpredictable ways.
>

​It should be noted that ​
Chaos theory
​and​
 the butterfly effect
​ were discovered not by observing a human brain but by observing what a
digital computer did.​

 John K Clark
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