Re: Is the Turing machine like a tabla rasa ?

2012-08-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
OK, thanks. I do appreciate him, but I am not versed in semiotics vocabulary. In fact I am collaborating with him, and have recently published some collective work on biomathematics with him and others. It is too early to really see the connection with comp. Work in progress. Bruno On

RE: Is the Turing machine like a tabla rasa ?

2012-08-16 Thread William R. Buckley
: Is the Turing machine like a tabla rasa ? On 14 Aug 2012, at 17:59, Roger wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal What is it that Locke and Hume claimed ? That we can think nothing that did not come through our senses, that is, from experience. But Turing machines cannot experience life. They can

Re: Is the Turing machine like a tabla rasa ?

2012-08-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of Bruno Marchal Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:56 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is the Turing machine like a tabla rasa ? On 14 Aug 2012, at 17:59, Roger wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal What

Re: Is the Turing machine like a tabla rasa ?

2012-08-16 Thread meekerdb
On 8/16/2012 9:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 16 Aug 2012, at 16:59, William R. Buckley wrote: Bruno: Are you reading Stanley Salthy? Know of his work in hierarchy theory? I don't find references. Please give a link, or do a summary, if possible explaining why that would be relevant.

Re: Is the Turing machine like a tabla rasa ?

2012-08-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Aug 2012, at 17:59, Roger wrote: Hi Bruno Marchal What is it that Locke and Hume claimed ? That we can think nothing that did not come through our senses, that is, from experience. But Turing machines cannot experience life. They can only experience 0s and 1s. See my preview

Re: Is the Turing machine like a tabla rasa ?

2012-08-15 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 Roger rclo...@verizon.net wrote: What is it that Locke and Hume claimed ? Who cares? Today a bright high school physics or biology student understands far more about the inter workings of the universe than either Locke or Hume. Turing machines cannot experience life.