On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why binary? > > I once skimmed a biography of Ramanujan, he started > multiplying numbers in his head as a pre-teen. I suspect > it was grindingly boring, but given the surroundings, might > have been the most fun thing he could think of. If you're > autistic, then focusing obsessively on some task might > be a great way to pass the time, but if you're more or less > normal, I doubt you'll get very far with obsessive-compulsive > self-training -- and that's the problem, isn't it? >
If the signals have properties of their own, I'm afraid they will start interfering with each other, which won't allow the circuit to execute in real time. Binary signals, on the other hand, can be encoded by the activation of nodes of the circuit, active/inactive. If you have an AND gate that leads from symbols S1 and S2 to S3, you learn to remember S3 only when you see both S1 and S2 (probably you'll still need complementary symbol to develop negative, so you'll also need -S1, -S2 and -S3, so that -S3 is activated (recalled) when you see S1 and -S2, whole table. You'll also need separate symbols for each node in each gate. Probably randomly generated hieroglyph-like symbols are a good way to create new categories in the mind for new nodes in the circuit, and also to train yourself to recall the right answers on the gates, by drawing them together. -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://causalityrelay.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=106510220-47b225 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
