I give up. On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Please reformulate what you mean by "my approach" independently then > > and sketch how you are going to use information theory... I feel that > > my point failed to be communicated. > > You've already accepted my reformulation of "your approach" where I said "I > think that you're asserting that the virtual environment is close enough to > as capable as the physical environment without spending significant > resources that the difference doesn't matter." > > My direct argument to this was that I believe that you ARE going to have to > spend significant resources (a.k.a. resources that matter) in order to make > the virtual environment capable enough for what you want. > > I am *not* arguing the upper bounds of the capability of the virtual > environment. I *AM* arguing the resource of getting to a point where the > capability of the virtual environment is sufficient for your vision. > > The reason why I keep referring to Information Theory is because it is all > about the "cost" of information operations. Without intending to be > insulting, it is clear to me that you are not even conversant enough with > Information Theory to be aware of this fact (i.e. what one of it's major > points is) which makes it tremendously relevant to our debate. Personally, > I can't competently get you up to speed in Information Theory in a > reasonable length of time. You need to do that on your own if we're going > to have any chance of a reasonable debate since, in effect, (and again, > hopefully without being insulting) I'm making an established argument and > you're staring blankly at it and just saying "IS NOT!" > ________________________________ > > agi | Archives | Modify Your Subscription
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