Re: Positivism and intelligence

2012-08-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
ver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-11, 18:20:16 Subject: Re: Positivism and intelligence On 8/11/2012 5:56 AM, Roger wrote: Positivism seems to rule out native intelligence. I can't see how knowledge could be created on a blank slate without intelligence. Or for that matter, how the incredi

Re: Re: Positivism and intelligence

2012-08-14 Thread Roger
- Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-11, 18:20:16 Subject: Re: Positivism and intelligence On 8/11/2012 5:56 AM, Roger wrote: Positivism seems to rule out native intelligence. I can't see how knowledge could be created on a blank sla

Re: Positivism and intelligence

2012-08-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 11 Aug 2012, at 14:56, Roger wrote: Positivism seems to rule out native intelligence. I can't see how knowledge could be created on a blank slate without intelligence. OK. But with comp intelligence emerges from arithmetic, out of space and time. Or for that matter, how the incredi

Re: Positivism and intelligence

2012-08-11 Thread meekerdb
On 8/11/2012 5:56 AM, Roger wrote: Positivism seems to rule out native intelligence. I can't see how knowledge could be created on a blank slate without intelligence. Or for that matter, how the incredibly unnatural structure of the carbon atom could have been created somehow somewhere by mere c

Positivism and intelligence

2012-08-11 Thread Roger
Positivism seems to rule out native intelligence. I can't see how knowledge could be created on a blank slate without intelligence. Or for that matter, how the incredibly unnatural structure of the carbon atom could have been created somehow somewhere by mere chance. Fred Hoyle as I recall sai