Am Samstag, 29. Dezember 2007 20:15 schrieb Bulat Ziganshin: > Hello Tim, > > Saturday, December 29, 2007, 10:07:15 PM, you wrote: > >> ok, please compute 2^2^30 before continuing discussion. it seems that > > > > Well, that's why I recommended the Dennett essay. The difference > > between "I'm too bored" and "I can't" is actually an interesting > > philosophical question, and people have written about it in detail > > before. > > oh, Dennett isn't only source of wisdom. i proposed you this task > because i've my own understanding of it. as i've said in other letter, > both computers and humans may be described using mathematics and > therefore equivalent - as far as we say about theoretical immortal > man and Turing machine
The advantages of computers over humans are quantitative. For example, a computer can do calculations faster than a human. But the “advantages” of humans over computers are qualitative. For example, a computer cannot be creative. I love my children. My laptop isn’t able to do that. Best wishes, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe