Hello, I heard an interesting talk by one Carl S (yes that winemaker guy :-)) > He described the human brain as a very slow but massively parallel > computer. That makes a link to the experience that I have had, where > solutions present themselves apparently spontaneously in my brain, > but probably as a result of the "slow and massively parallel" phenomena. >
Yes, this is what the study of the brain are reaching: it seems the brain may do no more than 5-10 operations per second (compared to a computer-like approach), but the brain has A LOT OF memory of a computer, and its database is really more efficient that any existing database. Furthermore, database in the brain is optimized to store analogic information, and "multimedia" data, like images (well, video :-) ) sounds , smells, etc.... WIth our actual technology, we cannot do anything similar. More: I don't understand why human people want to simulate the mind functioning... I use a computer when I want to make a calcuation that should be perfect... imagine a computer that makes calculations like a human mind: every calc should be right (but you are not sure that it is so!). Who could use a such calculator?!?! A.I. is great, but we don't confuse A.I. with human mind functioning. Well, I'm 58 and have been coding for 20 years. I went back to college at > the age of 38 to study computer science after working all my previous > life with my hands. Most of my fellow students were 15-20 years younger > than me and I left a lot of them in the dust. Not because I was a fast > learner, but because I had learned to handle failure and when I failed, > I just picked myself up and tried again. > > You have all my respect! I'm 37 and I don't think I could be so "strong" to make a such huge effort. My congratulations for your great job! And for your great results! On Nov 18, 2007 1:45 AM, Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 17 November 2007, Alessandro Manotti wrote: > > > 1) One makes a program to gain money or to enjoy itself? If you want to > > gain money, you need to maximize the results and minimize the time to do > > them: get the best results with the minimum effort, stress. If you make > a > > program to enjoy, then do everything you like, since everything satisfy > > your mind and your soul is good in this case; > > I work for the love of it and for the money. Both are equally important. > > > 2) Does not exist a programming language to make everything: every > > programming language best fits specific targets. > > Right on. And paradigms be damned. Pragmatism trumps 'em all. > > > I think it is not important which language you learn, or which tool you > > use. A good programmer (analyst/programmer) needs a good method, a > strong > > preparation, a good brain to analyze and solve problems, a good approach > to > > the different kind of programming (procedural, object oriented, > > functional), and... > > I heard an interesting talk by one Carl S (yes that winemaker guy :-)) > He described the human brain as a very slow but massively parallel > computer. That makes a link to the experience that I have had, where > solutions present themselves apparently spontaneously in my brain, > but probably as a result of the "slow and massively parallel" phenomena. > > One of my pragmatisms is to put myself in situations *away* from the > computer where I can let the parallelism work... > > > On Nov 17, 2007 9:59 PM, Brian Tiffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Gentlemen; I don't understand. :) > > > > :) (emacs is ok and all, > > > but > > > I think Richard Stallman has eight fingers on each hand). > > I don't use emacs because of Richard Stallman, but because of > the elisp environment. In a sense, elisp has many of the same > roots as rebol. RMS was in Alaska, gave some talks at the University, > rubbed so many people the wrong way that there was talk about > taking him out in the woods and leaving him for the bears. > > > > Note: I'm old; (well past my Carousel date in Logan's world) ... > you're > > > mileage may vary. > Well, I'm 58 and have been coding for 20 years. I went back to college at > the age of 38 to study computer science after working all my previous > life with my hands. Most of my fellow students were 15-20 years younger > than me and I left a lot of them in the dust. Not because I was a fast > learner, but because I had learned to handle failure and when I failed, > I just picked myself up and tried again. > > Maybe I like emacs because I still *do* work with my hands. :-) > BTW: I use vim for all of my adhoc editing and system work. > As the default editor for MC. > MTCW > tim > > > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > -- //Alessandro http://sguish.wordpress.com http://laccio.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
