This discussion on whether the universe exists is interesting, but I think we should be asking a different question: why do we believe that the universe exists? Or more accurately, why do we act as if we believe that the universe exists?
I said earlier that humans believe that the universe is real, because those that did not were removed from the gene pool. But I wonder if the issue is more fundamental. Is it possible to program to program any autonomous agent that responds to reinforcement learning (a reward/penalty signal) that does not act as though its environment were real? How would one test for this belief? -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- 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
