Re: de Bono

2014-06-14 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 04:28:23PM +1000, Kim Jones wrote: > > De Bono said that social media just makes people lazy and stupid in their > thinking and the older I get the more I see what he means. > Does he have any suggestion for how to implement his hats game in an online forum? Should we ha

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 01:54, wrote: > 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

Re: de Bono

2014-06-14 Thread Kim Jones
> On 15 Jun 2014, at 12:02 pm, meekerdb wrote: > >> 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 dee

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 01:38, wrote: > 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. Please elaborate. Certain Aspects*

Re: de Bono

2014-06-14 Thread Kim Jones
> On 15 Jun 2014, at 12:17 pm, Russell Standish wrote: > > 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 >> w

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

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 18:12, meekerdb wrote: > On 6/14/2014 10:19 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 15 June 2014 16:49, meekerdb wrote: > >> On 6/14/2014 9:37 PM, LizR wrote: >> >>> >>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140608-regret-rats-neuroscience-behavior-animals-science >>> >> >> Interestin

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

2014-06-14 Thread meekerdb
On 6/14/2014 10:19 PM, LizR wrote: On 15 June 2014 16:49, meekerdb mailto: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

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

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 16:49, meekerdb 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 can't be p

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. Brent

"Rats! I should have done that, not this!"

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
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Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 13:34, Pierz 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 from this gr

Re: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 13:34, Pierz 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 induces pleasure

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: 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 agreeme

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, t

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 > 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 modern software such as

Re: de Bono

2014-06-14 Thread Kim Jones
> On 15 Jun 2014, at 9:03 am, meekerdb 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 there to be see

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 02:37, John Mikes 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 NUMBER O

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 02:42, 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 me

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 02:13, 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 affected. I don't see any pro

Re: Pluto bounces back!

2014-06-14 Thread LizR
On 15 June 2014 03:37, John Mikes 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 by the commis

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 They

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 harde

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 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 > trillionaire

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: 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 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: 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, 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 modes of thought ar

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: 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: Turing test passed? Another sucker born every minute

2014-06-14 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:43 AM, 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 nowhere. > > we can

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 wrote: > Dear Bruno, I fin

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-belie

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 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 N

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 w

Re: TRONNIES - SPACE

2014-06-14 Thread David Nyman
On 14 June 2014 04:32, meekerdb 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 recall you propo

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 con

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
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, jr...@trexent

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. >> >

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 peo

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 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: 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 wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 01:44:25AM -0700, Pierz 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 > 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 >> sophisticate

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 > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jun 14,

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 wrote: >> >> > The whole thing really just illustrates a fundamental problem with our >>> current conceptio

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 > > 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 there is a fundamen

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 "B

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 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 "hugely mind-bogglin

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 rei

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 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 on the needed

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 : On 13 Jun 2014, at 05:06, LizR wrote: On 13 June 2014 05:11, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 12 Jun 2014, at 00:30, LizR wrote: So a person would be a "garden of forking paths" laid out by deterministic physics, within

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 o