On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 10:58:43AM -0500, gts wrote: > Do believe in what people sometimes call 'the force of logic', Jef? Do you
I'm not Jef, but I have no idea what 'the force of logic' is supposed to mean. Can you define it, preferrably using a formal production system, so I everyone in the possession of it can verify what has the 'forceful' nature, and what doesn't? (And I'm perhaps not the only one wondering what this thread has to do with AI, or the Singularity). > believe every rational mind is as a matter of definition compelled to > accept the conclusions of sound arguments? As to constructiveness, circular definitions are not so hot. I would also like to see a measurement procedure which can tell sound arguments apart from the other (silent?) kind. And just how do you do the compelling thing? Do you use corporeal punishment, or do you settle for posthypnotic suggestion? > I do. If you do too then we have no disagreement. > > If you disagree then I must think it odd that you try so often to persuade > me that your arguments are true. I must admit I frequently find trouble to find arguments in your text stream. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=11983
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