On 3/21/2013 6:04 PM, Russell Standish wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 01:46:11PM +0100, Telmo Menezes wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> But still, I tend to bet that creativity, if he can exploit it, is still
>>> independent of it.
>> I still find it hard to grasp how we could have a creative process
>> without some degree of random exploration.
>>
> Bruno has a technical definition of "creative" due to Post, that is
> most definitely deterministic. I haven't had the chance to really
> understand what that means (I've read Wikipedia, and the significance
> escapes me :()
>
> But I agree with Telmo - I think random exploration is an essential
> component of creativity - whether that's truly random, or just random
> with respect to the observer (ie cryptographically strong), is still a
> bit of an open point. Whether there's any connection to Post's sense
> of creative is another open question ...
>
> Cheers
>
Hi Russell,
I agree also, it is like a drunk walking with candles on his shoes,
he has enough light that can see a bit ahead of himself. So it is not a
true 'random' walk.
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Onward!
Stephen
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