Now, *why* Turing-completness *wouldn't* be enough?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

It's not like it's really possible to fully compartmentalize one's thoughts and beliefs from intermingling.

I think it's mostly a case of "ideologies promote specific courses of action, and this sort of philosophy has very little effect on my choices of action because it's simply not relevant to them."

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Anthony

I think it's mostly a case of "ideologies promote specific courses of action, and this sort of philosophy has very little effect on my choices of action because it's simply not relevant to them."

That would be true if the arguments sprang from what Hume calls "the academical, or skeptical philosophy." But in general they don't; many of the philosophies in this discussion do point toward courses of action in the real world. It's more that the particular courses of action being discussed here are almost purely hypothetical, and so not enough people in the real world have formed preferences regarding them to constitute a significant ideological force.

Bill Stoddard