Re: [FRIAM] Formalizing the concept of design

2018-10-29 Thread John Kennison
Hi Nick, I would like to grapple with your challenge to mathematicians, but I need a clearer idea of what the challenge is. Here are some possibilities: (1) Recently, I have been trying to find some kind of mathematical entity that produces a "chronicle" (i.e. a sequence of outcomes in respon

Re: [FRIAM] Formalizing the concept of design

2018-10-29 Thread glen
My silence is due to my attempts to unplug on the weekends. I think examples abound. So my next question was to ask what type of example would you care about? I can't give an example in "natural design" because I don't know what that phrase means. But Marcus has already mentioned ADFs in genetic

Re: [FRIAM] Formalizing the concept of design

2018-10-29 Thread Stephen Guerin
Eric, Thanks for forwarding Bob Shaw's work to the list. I had the honor of sharing a few pints with Bob at "Sweet Williams" Pub, in Michael Turvey's and Claudio Carello's basement :-) Nick, check out the video Eric linked to and then maybe this paper: "Hints of Intelligence From First Principles