My question was aimed at PM's implementation plans.
2013/12/12 Jim Bromer <[email protected]> > A belief in God makes us think in terms of relations rather than > particles. This complements the impression of objects that can be > formed by interacting with common things and makes excessive reductionism > less useful. I was just reading that one of the modern theories in physics > is that relations or properties represent the foundation of the material > world, not particles or fields. > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:13 PM, martin biehl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> what is the difference between positing "unknown" as the easy answer and >> "god" as the easy answer? >> >> >> 2013/12/11 Piaget Modeler <[email protected]> >> >>> sjatkins: "Positing a super-complex deity results in a simplified >>> causal model of reality? The mind boggles." >>> >>> We do not posit a super-complex deity. We posit a deity, the definition >>> of which provides an easy answer to most questions. >>> >>> ~PM >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:11:31 -0800 >>> >>> Subject: Re: [agi] Is Religion Efficient? >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Positing a super-complex deity results in a simplified causal model of >>> reality? The mind boggles. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> You do not need a religion to build a simple causal model of the world. >>> However, a well thought out materialistic causal model would lead to >>> unanswerable complexities. And if a causal model interferes with the >>> creation of non-causal relations then the model is going to be only of >>> limited use unless it was always being changed a little. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Piaget Modeler < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Religion may be an efficient paradigm for an AGI to use in navigating >>> the world. >>> >>> Ascribing causal events to an imperceptible deity may be an efficient >>> mechanism >>> for devising a simple and coherent model of the world, given volumes of >>> somato- >>> sensory data and its derivable conceptual implications. -- Thot of the >>> day. >>> >>> ~PM >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-f5817f28> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jim Bromer >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/2997756-fc0b9b09> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >>> >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10872673-8f99760d> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-f5817f28> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > Jim Bromer > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10872673-8f99760d> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
