>From: "Ben Goertzel" <[email protected]> > >I'm considering writing a paper on hypercomputation, ...
If I understand right, hypercomputation is theoretical computer science arguments of the form "If I had an oracle for the halting problem, then..." or "If I had a machine that could complete an infinite computation, then...". Is there anything useful that can come out of this? At first glance, since you don't have an oracle for the halting problem and you won't be getting one, then answer seems to be "no". However, you aren't stupid and you are interested in it. What am I missing? -- Tim Freeman http://www.fungible.com [email protected] ------------------------------------------- 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=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
