On 3/10/07, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In a sense we do, but it's not implemented in the brain as an actual sim world with a physics engine and so forth
Yes it is, or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof. ... our internal sim world is a
lot less physically accurate (more "naive physics" than correct equational physics), and probably gains some kinds of creativity from this as well as losing a lot of potential for other kinds of creativity...
It's not calculated to 16 digits of precision of course, but it's very much better than naive physics - consider that we are able to recognize naive physics as unrealistic! (One of my favorite examples of something humans can understand that a purely symbolic or naive physics engine could never make head or tail of: making a bed by flicking the blanket at the edge - why does that work?) ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
