> Maybe I missed something that makes this redundant but if a highschool > student asked me what the /hard problem/ is I would say: There > appears to be no limit to how competent computers can be. They seem > to be able to do just about anything that people think requires > thought. But I am persuaded that they can't think. What makes the > difference between thinking people and hypercompetent computers? > > Nick would say if it behaves as if it thinks then it thinks. I think.
I think I think, therefore I think I am? A real-world exercise in terminating tail recursion? Waddya think? > > Frank > > On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 7:50 PM Steven A Smith <sasm...@swcp.com > <mailto:sasm...@swcp.com>> wrote: > > I thought this was a support group for recovering (or just > self-indulgent) metaphorists... you mean it's not? Why do I feel > like > I'm in a scene from "Fight Club"? I guess that would make me more of > an allegorist? > > > Is it? You people can't help yourselves. It's compulsive. You > might want to get some help for that. > > > > On 5/4/20 10:47 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > >> Choosing one's rifle is so concrete. It makes me want to run > out and blow away a few cacti. Oh, it's a metaphor! > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. > .- ... .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > <http://bit.ly/virtualfriam> > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > > -- > Frank Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > 505 670-9918 > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
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