Well, it could depend on what the computation thinks.
But my point was that the brick wall doesn’t keep track of the ball.
Whether a robot tennis player keeps track of the ball or not doesn’t depend on what I think it does or how I thought I designed it. It is a fact of the matter.
Well, it could depend on what the computation thinks.
But my point was that the brick wall doesn’t keep track of the ball.
Whether a robot tennis player keeps track of the ball or not doesn’t depend on what I think it does or how I thought I designed it. It is a fact of the matter.
Suppose I dip the ball in paint before I start hitting it against the wall, so it leaves paintmarks there. Is the wall keeping track of the ball now?
You can’t keep track of sheep by dropping pebbles down a well.