4 or IV ? 4 is a historically belated mathematical solution.
And it - both 4 and IV - is actually false. In the real world, there are no "4's". To use maths properly, you should know that 4 is an ABSTRACTION from the real world - and hold both the abstraction and the reality in your mind at the same time. There is no essential solution to any problem. But I am in a sense grateful to both you and Steve, because you are demonstrating the extraordinary power and grip on the imagination of the myth of rationality and single "right" or "correct" answers. You clearly both passionately WANT there to be one solution - and it is a pyschologically natural urge. Has it not occurred to you that an agent who can come up with potentially infinite answers to a problem is somewhat more useful and intelligent than an agent who can come up with only one? If you can't grok that, (Steve), you really shouldn't be doing AGI. From: Mike Archbold Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:21 AM To: AGI Subject: Re: [agi] Real World/ Creative Reasoning - what no one gets about AGI On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: Steve, There are infinite solutions to 2+2 = 4, FOUR, QUATRE, 1111, 6-2, 7-1, .... , llll [lines], 4.2345 real apples .. IV, (and so on in other numeral systems), and so on ad infinitum. (And the above is not playing around or superficial - there are plenty of existing real problems where it is necessary to find an alternative to 4) There are infinite solutions to every problem. This seems like the basic essential / accidental philosophical issue. The solution given to the problem "what is 2 + 2?" is always essentially going to be 4, but is only accidentally given as "four, quatre, 1111, 6-2...." or what have you. I believe that Hegel wrote that reality displays "nothing but accidents." That doesn't rule out a single essential solution. Mike Archbold AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- 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
