[Krimel] Computers are digital which gives them the power of storage and speed. Humans are analog. We have neural networks with the power to make connections and perceive patterns and relationships. Together we make a powerful if unpredictable duo.
[Mary] I would add that humans, being analog, are capable of perceiving the infinity that exists between zero and one. [Krimel] Programming pattern recognition has proven quite difficult. OCR software and voice recognition are already usable. Facial recognition is not far behind. I suspect it will not be long for computers can identify the emotional state of human. [Mary] Lost track of which post it was, but someone recently was concerned that the logic of 1+1=2 was supreme, and if so, what that implied for the MoQ. I would suggest that humans know better (we know it just ain't so), but digital computers never will. For a digital life-form, the logic of 1+1=2 is the supreme metaphysics of the Universe. [Krimel] Efforts to nail down certainty and ground mathematics in formal logical broke down in the 1930's. While great progress was made by Russell, Wallace and Gödel, ultimately they showed that any closed formal system must include assumptions that are not provable within the system. Certainty, even the possibility of certainty, was a casualty of the early 20th century. It was shown to be, in principle, unattainable in both math and physics. Science today is probabilistic and has acknowledged that chaos and uncertainty can be minimized and quantified but not eliminated. The world carries embedded deep within it, a fundamental dynamic quality. Emphasizing as it does the static and dynamic qualities of pretty much everything, the MoQ has the potential of providing a metaphysical underpinning for this. But don't hold your breath. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
