Was:Singularity - Re: Intelligence

2010-04-15 Thread Skeletori
On Apr 9, 7:39 pm, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com wrote: You would need to design a very general fitness test for measuring intelligence, for example the shortness and speed at which it can find proofs for randomly generated statements in math, for example. Or the accuracy and efficiency at

everything-list and the Singularity

2010-04-15 Thread Skeletori
Argh, I screwed up again. Trying to restore the original subject... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To post to this group, send email to everything-l...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Was:Singularity - Re: Intelligence

2010-04-15 Thread Brent Meeker
On 4/15/2010 1:06 PM, Skeletori wrote: On Apr 9, 7:39 pm, Jason Reschjasonre...@gmail.com wrote: You would need to design a very general fitness test for measuring intelligence, for example the shortness and speed at which it can find proofs for randomly generated statements in math, for

The 'no miracles' argument against scientific realism

2010-04-15 Thread rexallen...@gmail.com
Let's assume that our best scientific theories tell us something true about the way the world *really* is, in an ontological sense. And further, for simplicity, let's assume a deterministic interpretation of those theories. In this view, the universe as we know it began ~13.7 billion years ago.

Re: The 'no miracles' argument against scientific realism

2010-04-15 Thread Brent Meeker
On 4/15/2010 8:01 PM, rexallen...@gmail.com wrote: Let's assume that our best scientific theories tell us something true about the way the world *really* is, in an ontological sense. And further, for simplicity, let's assume a deterministic interpretation of those theories. In this view, the