But how do you know we're not already living in the Matrix?
Kelley
CB: Cus' I'm a ghost. :>)
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 12:04 pm, Charles Brown wrote:
> is there a reason why a network of computers cannot exhibit similar
> characteristics? (and now we can link this thread to jimD's godel
> one! ;-)).
>
> --ravi
>
> ^
> CB: So far, except in a Matrix fantasy, it takes extensive
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>But how do you know we're not already living in the Matrix?
>Kelley
The fact that the outside world appears outside my window reasonably
reliably and does not turn blue and disappear for no appare
>But how do you know we're not already living in the Matrix?
>Kelley
The fact that the outside world appears outside my window reasonably
reliably and does not turn blue and disappear for no apparent reason,
suggests to me that it is not run by any IT department known to man.
dd
> But how do you know we're not already living in the Matrix?
>
> Kelley
If you paid attention, you'd know that we live in the Matrix already.
;-)
Jim Devine
At 12:04 PM 3/16/2005, Charles Brown wrote:
is there a reason why a network of computers cannot exhibit similar
characteristics? (and now we can link this thread to jimD's godel
one! ;-)).
--ravi
^
CB: So far, except in a Matrix fantasy, it takes extensive human mediation
to plug comput
Greetings Economists,
There are some interesting quotes from Steven Rose in the London Times about
his new book (which is not currently published in the U.S. so I can't
comment on directly). The interviewer makes this comment to start with;
Interviewer,
Steven Rose feels strongly about many thing
In Robert Heinlein's "libertarian"-flavored THE MOON IS A HARSH
MISTRESS, the computer is so complex that it gains consciousness.
(The utopia that results from the revolution is obstensibly utopian, but
is secretly controlled by a cabal, including the computer.)
Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTE
is there a reason why a network of computers cannot exhibit similar
characteristics? (and now we can link this thread to jimD's godel
one! ;-)).
--ravi
^
CB: So far, except in a Matrix fantasy, it takes extensive human mediation
to plug computers into culture. It's like chimps can lea
On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 15:31 -0500, Charles Brown wrote:
> The part of this metaphor that has whole people doing things in the thinking
> part of the brain of an individual is actually very good. What distinguishes
> human thinking from computers or other species brain activity is that humans
> mind
The part of this metaphor that has whole people doing things in the thinking
part of the brain of an individual is actually very good. What distinguishes
human thinking from computers or other species brain activity is that humans
minds are a vast network of connections to other actual whole people
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