On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah, it's coming back to me now .. I remember holons and holarchies > and all that stuff ;-) > > However, Koestler was writing before complex dynamics and attractors > and such were well-understood and well-known ... and all this gives a > quite different flavor to the web of ideas he was exploring, I > think...
meaning: he didn't really understand the mechanisms that can give rise to globally distributed memories in systems ... those became clear only via experimentation with neural net software ... 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