Hi John Clark
1) I can experiencre redness (a qualitative property) while computers cannot, all they can know are 0s and 1s. 2) One can use methods such as statistics to infer something in a practical or logical sense, eg if a bottle of wine has a french label one can infer that it might well be an excellent wine. A computer could do that. But one cannot tell other than by tasting it if a wine is truly a good vintage or not. A computer can't do that. And any creative act comes out of the blue if it is truly creative (new). Improved jazs would be a good example of that. I believe that John Coltrane's solos came out of the Platonic world. Roger , [email protected] 8/14/2012 ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: John Clark Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-12, 13:24:42 Subject: Re: Severe limitations of a computer as a brain model On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Roger <[email protected]> wrote: > Computers are quantitative instruments and so cannot have a self or feelings Do you have any way of proving that isn't also true of your fellow human beings? I don't. > intution is non-computable Not true. Statistical laws and rules of thumb can be and are incorporated into software, and so can induction which is easier to do that deduction, even invertebrates can do induction but Euclid would stump them. ? John K Clark ? ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
