Re: The seven step series

2009-08-20 Thread meekerdb @dslextreme.com
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > Hi, > > I give the solution of the first of the last exercises. ... > This motivates the definition of the following function from N to N, > called factorial. > factorial(0) = 1, and factorial(n) = n*(n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3) * ... *1, if > is n

Re: The seven step series

2009-08-19 Thread meekerdb @dslextreme.com
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Hi, > > Just a reminder, for me, and perhaps some training for you. In > preparation to the mathematical discovery of the universal machine. > > exercises: ... > > > 4) Be sure that you have been convinced by Brent  that there is a >

Re: [Fwd: NDPR David Shoemaker, Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction]

2009-02-24 Thread meekerdb @dslextreme.com
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:39 PM, russell standish wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 05:51:49PM -0800, meekerdb @dslextreme.com wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Bruno Marchal > wrote: > > > Exactly (assuming comp). That is even the reason why amnesia can led

Re: [Fwd: NDPR David Shoemaker, Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction]

2009-02-24 Thread meekerdb @dslextreme.com
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 24 Feb 2009, at 03:04, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > > 2009/2/24 Brent Meeker : > > > >> I tend to agree with Quentin that memories are an essential > >> component of > >> personal identity. But that also raises a problem with i

Re: Spam: Artificial Intelligence may be far easier than generally thought

2008-09-23 Thread meekerdb @dslextreme.com
Sure - the "ridiculously simple algorithm" is Darwinian evolution. Brent On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:00 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sep 23, 6:10 am, Brent Meeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I don't think it likely that one individual could have gone from B1 to B2 > > without