Danny,
The depressed people are the sane ones. My post is merely
'existential angst' caused by knowledge of the world and myself as I
really am.With knowledge comes unhappiness and happiness is the
happiness of ignorance.
Ever read the short story of 'Green Magic'? That story is available
Le 25-oct.-07, à 18:22, Tom Caylor a écrit :
How about SAI (Super Intelligence)? Or God? Seriously, of course.
The problem with generic SAI is the one you brought up: how do you
know the SAI is good? This problem does not exist with a good God.
Also the problem of what is the arrow, how
Impressive result by Alex Smith!
Funny though how Wolfram's web sites on this
print Wolfram's name in larger font and more
frequently than Smith's, even trying to sell this
as New Kind Of Science although it's just a
continuation of a decades-old search for
small universal Turing machines :-)
On Oct 26, 8:30 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ever read the short story of 'Green Magic'?
No I hadn't, but thanks for the link, marc - it's a neat little tale,
delightfully told. I'm tempted to try a little more of Jack Vance
after this - any suggestions?
David
On Oct 26, 8:30 am, [EMAIL
Bruno Marchal wrote:
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Is God good? Well, according to Plato, accepting the rather natural
theological interpretation of the Parmenides (like Plotinus), there
is a sense to say that God is good, but probably not in the Christian
sense (if that can be made precise). Indeed, Plato's God
Rolf Nelson wrote:
In standard decision theory, odds (subjective probabilities) are
separated from utilities. Is how much you care about the consequences
of your actions isomorphic to odds, or is there some subtlety I'm
missing here?
Your question shows that someone finally understand what
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 07:30:30AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Danny,
The depressed people are the sane ones. My post is merely
'existential angst' caused by knowledge of the world and myself as I
really am.With knowledge comes unhappiness and happiness is the
happiness of
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