Sergio,... To make that a tad more technical...
in logical & rational reasoning, you consult a SET of options that can be considered as possible solutions. It's always a v. limited set. Basically rationality is production-line technology using a stock [set] of parts, to make a range of variations on a limited product. And it doesn't matter if it's a sophisticated neural net or EI production line that keeps changing, it's still a production line with an extremely limited product. In real world reasoning, there are a WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES [world of options]. "What shall we talk about?" "Anything... anything in the world." How do you explain a real world effect, like someone's actions? You ask... "What in the WORLD could have possessed him?" [Not "What in my convenient, organized set here..."] "What in the world could have caused him/x to..?" "What caused the financial crisis?" "Well, I have this convenient set of possibilities, that I specially pre-baked before I came... It's all v. logical." Er no Sergio, no it isn't. Real world reasoning requires a world of options.. and you can't identify them, let alone put them in a convenient place, , let alone organize them. You have to do what humans do to find them .. explore the world - and the world-wide web of possibilities.... start looking and asking around... investigating... experimenting... researching... and making entirely new connections in your brain to previously unthought of possibilities. The world of possibilities is *out there* , outside your mind, just as much as inside your mind. And you can come up with any of a world of solutions - in a world of forms - a limitless range of products. Divergent vs convergent. Broad and general vs narrow and specialised. Fluid vs rigid. General vs specifc ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
