Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Jun 2014, at 17:07, David Nyman wrote: You're right, oftentimes they do. But I wouldn't include Bruno in people here (if you see what I mean). Once one assumes the existence of the UD (or rather its infinite trace) the hard problem then becomes one of justifying in detail every aspect of

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-06-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Jun 2014, at 20:10, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be: On 13 Jun 2014, at 05:06, LizR wrote: On 13 June 2014 05:11, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 12 Jun 2014, at 00:30, LizR wrote: So a person would be a garden of forking paths laid out by

Re: Selecting your future branch

2014-06-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Jun 2014, at 21:22, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: We have agree that free will = will If free will just means will then why stick on the free ? Because we believe that free does not add anything, except some emphasis

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 13 Jun 2014, at 21:58, meekerdb wrote: On 6/13/2014 9:30 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 13 Jun 2014, at 01:29, meekerdb wrote: On 6/12/2014 9:22 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Further more, I'm not even sure that the reductionist program of looking for what's most fundamental (in a TOE) and

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Jun 2014, at 03:49, LizR wrote: On 13 June 2014 20:44, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. But I have to wonder what we're doing wrong, because any sophisticated piece of modern software such as a modern OS or even this humble mailing list/forum software we are using is already

Disproving physicalism from COMP

2014-06-14 Thread Russell Standish
Changled title again, as this has wandered a lot from tronnies. On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 10:08:08AM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: If there were a reason why a primitive matter was needed (to select and incarnate consciousness), there would be number X and Nu which would emulate validly Brunos

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, June 13, 2014 5:54:01 PM UTC+1, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:35 AM, Pierz pie...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: The whole thing really just illustrates a fundamental problem with our current conception of AI -at least as it manifests in such 'tests'. If

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, June 14, 2014 11:43:47 AM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, June 13, 2014 5:54:01 PM UTC+1, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:35 AM, Pierz pie...@gmail.com wrote: The whole thing really just illustrates a fundamental problem with our current conception

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:31:12 AM UTC+1, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 02:22:56PM +1200, LizR wrote: Oh, OK, obviously I was misinformed. I will smack Charles' bottom later. On 14 June 2014 14:27, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au javascript: wrote:

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:41:45 AM UTC+1, Brent wrote: On 6/13/2014 6:52 PM, LizR wrote: On 13 June 2014 23:35, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au javascript: wrote: On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 01:44:25AM -0700, Pierz wrote: Yes. But I have to wonder what we're doing wrong,

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, June 14, 2014 12:19:16 PM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:41:45 AM UTC+1, Brent wrote: On 6/13/2014 6:52 PM, LizR wrote: On 13 June 2014 23:35, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 01:44:25AM -0700, Pierz

Re: The Really Real Part of Reality

2014-06-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:54:15 AM UTC+1, Kim Jones wrote: On 14 Jun 2014, at 1:20 am, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: when you never read anything I say (and have *never* responded directly explicitly to anything I say). I don't think you can get away with that. That reeks

Re: Pluto bounces back!

2014-06-14 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
I submit that with the official religion of Afghanistan, and with the enablement of Sharia, or a watered down form of it under the Afghani royals, is was a sucker for the Soviets. But the Soviets, under Brezhnev, war would have come anyway. It just would not have seemed such a slam dunk. The

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, June 14, 2014 12:13:48 PM UTC+1, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:31:12 AM UTC+1, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 02:22:56PM +1200, LizR wrote: Oh, OK, obviously I was misinformed. I will smack Charles' bottom later. On 14 June

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread jross
My model provides an explanation of everything including gravity which I understand is not explained by QM. QM does not explain logically why electrons do not blow themselves apart. I don't believe in quantum weirdness. There is a universe. John Ross On 12 Jun 2014, at 18:51,

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread jross
I have not attempted to correlate my theory with the thinking of Plato and Aristotle. I would be happy to discuss this with you (my cell phone number is 858-353-0997) or to consider your specific thoughts as to how my theory relates to the thinking of these fellows. John Ross On 12 Jun 2014,

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread jross
Einstein says large masses create a curvature of space and that light beams are curved by these large masses. I say that large masses produce Coulomb grids through which light travels. Under both theories the paths of light are affected. I don't see any problem. Einstein and I reach the same

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread David Nyman
On 14 June 2014 04:32, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I thought I'd been pretty clear that it's ill defined, a point on which I agree with Bruno. I tried to define it in the exchange with David, but he seemed to reject my definition and just assumed everybody knows what it means. As I

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread John Mikes
Liz wrote: E.G.: Physical theory with words: GOD DID IT - Physical theory with numbers and so on: I think I never had the perseverance to decipher such a long expression, now I certainly don't. Question: how much is the NUMERICAL NUMBER OF GOD? John M On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:43 PM, LizR

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
6 6 6 ! Boo! Actually, The numerical number of God reminds me of some of the writings of Clifford Pickover, so sort of half-believes in his math magic. I think I never had the perseverance to decipher such a long expression, now I certainly don't. Question: how much is the

Re: Pluto bounces back!

2014-06-14 Thread John Mikes
Spudboy (whatever that may mean) I was 22 when burried under bombing ruins during WWII - and dug out by the enemy due to my good fluency in their language. I was also arrested by a Gestapo-like facility (talked out myself) and later by the commis for questioning. So I have personal experiences. I

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread John Mikes
Is 666 not the Apokalyps number? JM On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 10:42 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: *6 6 6 ! Boo! * Actually, The numerical number of God reminds me of some of the writings of Clifford Pickover, so sort of half-believes in

Re: Near the crux of any possible TOE

2014-06-14 Thread John Mikes
Bruno: my software reproduced none of the proposed parts of that square. Maybe your French base does it? I am on USA-English and have Hungarian as 2nd installed. (Or Microsoft is the culprit not liking 'square' ones?) John On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:26 PM, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:43 AM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: A lot is understood about intelligence in humans Almost nothing is understood about intelligence in humans, otherwise we could double our IQ by knowing which modes of thought are productive and which just waste time and lead

Re: Pluto bounces back!

2014-06-14 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Hi John. Spudboy (whatever that may mean) I was 22 when burried under bombing ruins during WWII - and dug out by the enemy due to my good fluency in their language. I was also arrested by a Gestapo-like facility (talked out myself) and later by the commis for questioning. So I have personal

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread meekerdb
On 6/14/2014 1:08 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: If there were a reason why a primitive matter was needed (to select and incarnate consciousness), there would be number X and Nu which would emulate validly Brunos and Davids finding that reason, and proving *correctly* that they don't belong only to

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread meekerdb
On 6/14/2014 9:34 AM, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:43 AM, ghib...@gmail.com mailto:ghib...@gmail.com wrote: A lot is understood about intelligence in humans Almost nothing is understood about intelligence in humans, otherwise we could double our IQ by knowing which

Re: The Really Real Part of Reality

2014-06-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:54:15 AM UTC+1, Kim Jones wrote: On 14 Jun 2014, at 1:20 am, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: when you never read anything I say (and have *never* responded directly explicitly to anything I say). I don't think you can get away with that. That reeks

Re: Pluto bounces back!

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
Afghanistan – which I have lived in before the Russians – has suffered war imposed on it by the great powers (of the era) since the British Raj. It is easy to blame these victims of a forty year state of war – counting from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; it is a little bit harder to

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread Kim Jones
On 15 Jun 2014, at 2:34 am, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com wrote: On the other hand there is no harder job in the world than being a intelligence theorist, but at least if you happen to stumble upon the correct intelligence theory the fact that you've suddenly become the world's first

de Bono

2014-06-14 Thread meekerdb
Yeah, I remember Edward de Bono. I read what I think was his first book, which was all about thinking outside the box as the current phrase goes. It was good advice. Brent On 6/14/2014 3:35 PM, Kim wrote: On 15 Jun 2014, at 2:34 am, John Clark wrote: On the other hand there is no harder

Re: Pluto bounces back!

2014-06-14 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
Interesting wiki bio. By the way, the mystical Sufi's have also come out in favor of jihad against the Qufar recently. It's not like they are Muslim hippies.Now, if we are looking for reasonable people on the other side, look to the Amadi Muslims. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya

Re: Pluto bounces back!

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 03:37, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Spudboy (whatever that may mean) I was 22 when burried under bombing ruins during WWII - and dug out by the enemy due to my good fluency in their language. I was also arrested by a Gestapo-like facility (talked out myself) and later

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 02:13, jr...@trexenterprises.com wrote: Einstein says large masses create a curvature of space and that light beams are curved by these large masses. I say that large masses produce Coulomb grids through which light travels. Under both theories the paths of light are

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 02:42, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: *6 6 6 ! Boo! * As anyone who watches QI will tell you, it's actually 616 (it's there in Revelations, altho I forget the exact wording). Someone miscalculated. -- You received this message

RE: Pluto bounces back!

2014-06-14 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 5:41 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Pluto bounces back! I submit that with the official religion of Afghanistan, and with the enablement of Sharia, or a

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 02:37, John Mikes jami...@gmail.com wrote: Liz wrote: E.G.: Physical theory with words: GOD DID IT - Physical theory with numbers and so on: I think I never had the perseverance to decipher such a long expression, now I certainly don't. Question: how much is the NUMERICAL

Re: de Bono

2014-06-14 Thread Kim Jones
On 15 Jun 2014, at 9:03 am, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: Yeah, I remember Edward de Bono. I read what I think was his first book, which was all about thinking outside the box as the current phrase goes. It was good advice. Brent Yes. And the implications for the TT are

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread Pierz
On Saturday, June 14, 2014 11:52:02 AM UTC+10, Liz R wrote: On 13 June 2014 23:35, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au javascript: wrote: On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 01:44:25AM -0700, Pierz wrote: Yes. But I have to wonder what we're doing wrong, because any sophisticated piece of

Re: de Bono

2014-06-14 Thread meekerdb
On 6/14/2014 6:29 PM, Kim Jones wrote: This is the observation that some highly intelligent people with 8 stroke motors between their ears can easily be duped or misled by simple con tricks for the basic reason that they have a deep need to be seen tfo be right about anything and everything,

Re: de Bono

2014-06-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 11:29:04AM +1000, Kim Jones wrote: ... Real thinking involves all four wheels of the car on the ground. An argument style of thinking only has three wheels on the ground. The missing fourth wheel is generic, possibility-based thinking that turns away from agreement

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 06:34:51PM -0700, Pierz wrote: No - we are hitting limits now in terms of miniaturization that are posing serious challenges to the continuation of Moore's law. So far, engineers have - more or less - found ways of working around these problems, but this can't

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 13:34, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote: Sure we can reward a program for correctly solving a problem in some kind of learning algorithm, but anyone who understands programming and knows what is really going on when that occurs must surely wonder how incrementing a register

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 13:34, Pierz pier...@gmail.com wrote: Quote from ... someone: If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we'd be so simple we couldn't. Excellent! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe

Rats! I should have done that, not this!

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140608-regret-rats-neuroscience-behavior-animals-science -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: Rats! I should have done that, not this!

2014-06-14 Thread meekerdb
On 6/14/2014 9:37 PM, LizR wrote: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140608-regret-rats-neuroscience-behavior-animals-science Interesting that this experiment is all about qualia, which we're told are ineffable and can't be possessed by computers because they're not human.

Re: Rats! I should have done that, not this!

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 16:49, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 6/14/2014 9:37 PM, LizR wrote: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140608-regret-rats- neuroscience-behavior-animals-science Interesting that this experiment is all about qualia, which we're told are ineffable and