Ben, et al, On 10/16/08, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There's a difference between > > 1) > Discussing in detail how you're going to build a non-digital-computer based > AGI > > 2) > Presenting general, hand-wavy theoretical ideas as to why > digital-computer-based AGI can't work > > I would be vastly more interested in 1 than 2 ... and I suspect many others > on the > list feel similarly... >
I completely agree that puzzles can be ever so much more interesting when you can successfully ignore that they cannot possibly lead to anything useful. Further, people who point out the reasons that they cannot succeed are really boors and should be censored. This entire thread should be entitled something like "Psychiatric Censorship". "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson Add to that: "Nothing will ever succeed if all objections are not first considered" - Steve Richfield > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com/> > ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
