2008/8/10 Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Just as you are in a rational, specialist way picking off isolated features, > so, similarly, rational, totalitarian thinkers used to object to the crazy, > contradictory complications of the democratic, "conflict" system of > decisionmaking by contrast with their pure ideals. And hey, there *are* > crazy and inefficient features - it's a real, messy system. But, as a > whole, it works better than any rational, totalitarian, non-conflict system. > Cog sci can't yet explain why, though, can it? (You guys, without realising > it, are all rational, totalitarian systembuilders). >
All? I'm a rational economically minded system builder, thank you very much. I can't answer questions you want answered, like how will my system reason with imagination precisely because I am not a totalitarian. If you wish to be non-totalitarian you have set up a system in a certain way and let the dynamics set up potentially transform the system into something that can reason as you want. Theoretically the system could be set up to reason as you want straight away. But setting up a baby level system seems orders of magnitude easier than expecting it solve problems straight away. In which exact knowledge of the inner workings of mature imagination is not required. The more you ask for early results of systems, the more you are likely to get totalitarians building your machines. Because they can get results quick. Will Pearson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
