Re: [fonc] Layering, Thinking and Computing

2013-04-08 Thread Tristan Slominski
Therefore, with respect to this property, you cannot (in general) reason about or treat groups of two actors as though they were a single actor. This is incorrect, well, it's based on a false premise.. this part is incorrect/invalid? (an appropriate word escapes me): But two actors can

Re: [fonc] Layering, Thinking and Computing

2013-04-08 Thread David Barbour
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Tristan Slominski tristan.slomin...@gmail.com wrote: This is incorrect, well, it's based on a false premise.. this part is incorrect/invalid? A valid argument with a false premise is called an 'unsound' argument. (

Re: [fonc] Layering, Thinking and Computing

2013-04-08 Thread Tristan Slominski
This helps a lot, thank you. Your arguments help me to understand how I fail to communicate to others what I see in actor systems. Finding a way to address the concerns you bring up will go a long way for my ability to communicate what I see. From their definition, I can know that a single actor

Re: [fonc] Layering, Thinking and Computing

2013-04-08 Thread David Barbour
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Tristan Slominski tristan.slomin...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with this, that I see, is that [..] in my physics view of actors [..] Messages could be lost. Understanding computational physics is a good thing. More people should do it. A couple times each