> I stated a Ben's List challenge a while back that you apparently missed, so > here it is again. > > You can ONLY learn how a system works by observation, to the extent that its > operation is imperfect. Where it is perfect, it represents a solution to the > environment in which it operates, and as such, could be built in countless > different ways so long as it operates perfectly. Hence, computational > delays, etc., are fair game, but observed cognition and behavior are NOT > except to the extent that perfect cognition and behavior can be described, > whereupon the difference between observed and theoretical contains the > information about construction.
That seems mathematically wrong to me. It seems to me that there are going to be countless different ways in which any *error* could be produced, also... ben g ------------------------------------------- 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=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
