I became annoyed about the discussion of a computational model which was called non-algorithmic, but then I started thinking of one of my pet ideas, asymmetric symmetry. A derivation taken from some kinds of initial systems may exhibit a great deal of symmetry. The symmetry of the derived system may be somewhat abstruse or abstract. But if the parts of the initial state of the system are then changed, (imagine points that are moved or deleted) then the symmetry of the derived system may be skewed past recognizable form. What I am trying to say is that the output of methods which gained efficiency or traction due to the abstract symmetry of the derivation methods (acting on the right kind of initial system) may still be found by assuming that symmetry exists in some hidden (or more hidden) form for the modified initial state.
So even though the term, "Asymmetric Symmetry" may look like a dim contradiction of terms, it can describe a valuable way to look at certain kinds of systems. Jim Bromer ------------------------------------------- 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
