Re: UDA query

2009-12-23 Thread Nick Prince
Sorry I accidently posted my previous message twice. A pity because now I think the conclusion I came to in them was wrong. Because I assume comp to be true and the line of reasoning implies a simulated realityy because of comp then it doesn't make comp any less contingent. Oh well!, the rest

Re: UDA query

2009-12-23 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Nick, On 23 Dec 2009, at 01:55, Nick Prince wrote: My background is in mathematical physics but I am trying to read up a bit of this new stuff as I go along. Thank you for being patient with me. However, I think you have confirmed some things - let me know if any of these is

Re: UDA query

2009-12-23 Thread Nick Prince
Thanks Bruno I want to have a good think about your answers and also the eighth step in your paper. I think it is the most difficult for me and yet I sense its somehow. Schmidhuber assumes a great programmer runs the UD but you effectively dispense with him. If a universal turing machine