Re: The neuroelectric st

2013-10-26 Thread Kim Jones
Maybe just abuse a different substance to the one you are currently abusing. Mental diarrhoea seems to be the most unpleasant side-effecvt of whatever you are currently on. Kim Jones On 26 Oct 2013, at 2:37 am, Stephen Lin stephenw...@gmail.com wrote: Wisdom is the art of coming up with

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, October 25, 2013 7:09:47 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: On 26 October 2013 06:23, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: The argument against comp is not one of impossibility, but of empirical failure. Sure, numbers could do this or that, but our experience does not

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2013, at 19:23, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, October 25, 2013 10:11:04 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Oct 2013, at 18:53, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:16:55 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 23 Oct 2013, at 20:07, Craig Weinberg wrote:

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2013, at 19:33, meekerdb wrote: On 10/25/2013 3:08 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Now take the game of go: human beings can still easily beat machines, even the most powerful computer currently available. Go is much more combinatorially explosive than chess, so it breaks the search tree

Re: This is not a trick! (I'm SERIOUS)

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2013, at 20:15, Chris de Morsella wrote: Hehe... Spam, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder and I would say that, much like porn, it is impossible to define when or what it is exactly, but we do know it when we see it. One could say -- in communication theory --

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2013, at 17:30, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Do you think that [you] die in a self-duplication experience? ^^^ We've been through this, it depends on who the hell you is. Is you

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2013, at 18:08, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: Be consistent, reject MWI, or ask *the same question* about the probability of *you* (who is you ? pinocchio maybe ?) In the MWI John Clark doesn't have to worry about

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2013, at 18:24, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: We have already agree that you concerns the guy(s) who will remember having been in Helsinki. Fine, then obviously You will survive and equally obvious you will

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, October 26, 2013 3:36:59 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2013, at 19:33, meekerdb wrote: On 10/25/2013 3:08 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Now take the game of go: human beings can still easily beat machines, even the most powerful computer currently available. Go is

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2013, at 22:28, meekerdb wrote: On 10/25/2013 9:08 AM, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: Be consistent, reject MWI, or ask *the same question* about the probability of *you* (who is you ? pinocchio maybe ?) In the

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Oct 2013, at 23:33, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: Citeren meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net: On 10/25/2013 9:08 AM, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com mailto:allco...@gmail.com wrote: Be consistent, reject MWI, or ask *the same question*

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Oct 2013, at 10:41, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 3:36:59 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2013, at 19:33, meekerdb wrote: On 10/25/2013 3:08 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Now take the game of go: human beings can still easily beat machines, even the most

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, October 26, 2013 3:30:11 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2013, at 19:23, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, October 25, 2013 10:11:04 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Oct 2013, at 18:53, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:16:55 AM UTC-4,

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Telmo Menezes
Couldn't there just be a routine that traps the error of believing they are intelligent? In parallel to Bruno's reply, one problem I see with naif AI is one that you may sympathise with: it is mostly built with symbols that are directly imported from humans. So if there is some

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, October 26, 2013 5:18:14 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Oct 2013, at 10:41, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 3:36:59 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2013, at 19:33, meekerdb wrote: On 10/25/2013 3:08 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: Now

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, October 26, 2013 5:29:46 AM UTC-4, telmo_menezes wrote: Couldn't there just be a routine that traps the error of believing they are intelligent? In parallel to Bruno's reply, one problem I see with naif AI is one that you may sympathise with: it is mostly built with

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Oct 2013, at 11:24, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 3:30:11 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2013, at 19:23, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Friday, October 25, 2013 10:11:04 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Oct 2013, at 18:53, Craig Weinberg wrote:

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Oct 2013, at 11:54, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 5:18:14 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Oct 2013, at 10:41, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 3:36:59 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2013, at 19:33, meekerdb wrote: On

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 5:29:46 AM UTC-4, telmo_menezes wrote: Couldn't there just be a routine that traps the error of believing they are intelligent? In parallel to Bruno's reply, one problem I see

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you could always reciprocate Quentin's courtesy and [...] Courtesy? This is the fellow who said: Your agenda is not to try to comprehend something, it is just to bash someone with no reason except

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Jason Resch
John, I came across this today, which you might find of interest: http://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/9709032v1.pdf In particular section 3 goes to great pains to describe the importance of the first person / third person distinction. From the paper: A. “It doesn’t explain why we perceive

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Jason Resch
Brent, Section 3b of ( http://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/9709032v1.pdf ) seems to also answer some of the questions you posed recently regarding superposition in MWI: B. “It doesn’t explain why we don’t perceive weird superpositions” That’s right! The Everett postulate doesn’t! Since the state

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Do you think that [you] die in a self-duplication experience? ^^^ We've been through this, it depends on who the hell you is. Is you the guy who remembers being John Clark

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.com wrote: Unlike you, I fortunately do not have the time to dig up your ad hominems. Well, I sure didn't have to dig very far to find your ad hominems! In just one short post you say: I'm a bigot. I'm a

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, October 26, 2013 6:27:40 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Oct 2013, at 11:54, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 5:18:14 AM UTC-4, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Oct 2013, at 10:41, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 3:36:59 AM UTC-4,

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Yes it's me... you're the one who is bragging for **years** about useless confusion that only exists in your mind. Quentin 2013/10/26 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you could always

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/10/26 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy multiplecit...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you could always reciprocate Quentin's courtesy and [...] Courtesy? This is the fellow who said: Your agenda is not to try to comprehend something,

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread meekerdb
On 10/26/2013 1:54 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Oct 2013, at 23:33, smi...@zonnet.nl wrote: ... It is: 3) Bruno has yet to develop the mathematical tools to do practical computations. Not at all. That would be the case if the goal was doing physics, but the goal was only to formulate

Re: Douglas Hofstadter Article

2013-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, October 26, 2013 6:34:04 AM UTC-4, telmo_menezes wrote: On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 5:29:46 AM UTC-4, telmo_menezes wrote: Couldn't there just be a routine that traps the

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Oct 2013, at 19:27, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 3:58 AM, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: Do you think that [you] die in a self-duplication experience? ^^^ We've been through this, it depends on who the hell you is. Is you

Re: For John Clark

2013-10-26 Thread meekerdb
On 10/26/2013 10:21 AM, Jason Resch wrote: Brent, Section 3b of ( http://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/9709032v1.pdf ) seems to also answer some of the questions you posed recently regarding superposition in MWI: B. “It doesn’t explain why we don’t perceive weird superpositions” That’s right! The

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-26 Thread LizR
On 26 October 2013 20:01, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, October 25, 2013 7:09:47 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: On 26 October 2013 06:23, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com wrote: The argument against comp is not one of impossibility, but of empirical failure. Sure, numbers

Re: Dialetheism

2013-10-26 Thread LizR
On 27 October 2013 13:25, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Build your non-comp theory. Comp implies the consistency (possibility) of such theory. I wish I had time to read all the above, but for now at least the bottom line seems to be here! -- You received this message because