Re: everything-list and the Singularity

2010-04-07 Thread Skeletori
I would define intelligence by an amount of self-introspection   ability. In that case the singularity belongs to the past, with the   discovery of Löbian machine, that is universal machine knowing that   their are universal. This makes all humans intelligent, as far as they have the courage

Re: everything-list and the Singularity

2010-04-07 Thread Skeletori
I don't think anyone would argue that the amount knowledge possessed by our civilization is not increasing.  If the physical laws of this universe are deterministic then there is some algorithm describing the process for an ever increasing growth in knowledge.  Some of this knowledge may be

Re: everything-list and the Singularity

2010-04-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Apr 2010, at 10:32, Skeletori wrote: I would define intelligence by an amount of self-introspection ability. In that case the singularity belongs to the past, with the discovery of Löbian machine, that is universal machine knowing that their are universal. This makes all humans

Re: New word game based on multiversal cosmology

2010-04-07 Thread Ron Hale-Evans
Wow, I had no idea I had neglected to post a link to the rules. Thanks, Vlad. I hope you enjoy the game. Ron On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Vlad Tanasescu vla...@gmail.com wrote: No opinion yet (it is in my to read list) but I find the idea fascinating and wanted to post the actual link to

Re: everything-list and the Singularity

2010-04-07 Thread Skeletori
Hi! I was thinking about some nightmare scenarios relating to TS and came up with this, whaddaya think? It's a tale of digital slavery and exploitation so please excuse the cheery tone :). The year is 2050. Digital minds (digitized brains) are economically feasible thanks to nanotechnology but

Re: everything-list and the Singularity

2010-04-07 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:41 AM, Skeletori sami.per...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think anyone would argue that the amount knowledge possessed by our civilization is not increasing. If the physical laws of this universe are deterministic then there is some algorithm describing the process