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August 20, 2016 at 16:25
I don't think presentism is a myth, I think it is a conjecture about the nature of time. To me it the evidence does not seem to be conclusive one way ...
August 20, 2016 at 16:24
Maybe some one could contact them through the channel and see if they are interested. Might be mutually beneficial create traffic back for forth for b...
August 20, 2016 at 15:24
How about a joke I made up? what to do in case of a zombie attack EAT BRAINS !!! https://mmcneuro.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/u4kwz10gtza2ssuka7kn_zom...
August 20, 2016 at 15:03
If you can't have it both ways, then that just means that only the "is" part of the statement is true and not the "ought" part. Or are you suggesting ...
August 20, 2016 at 14:53
My concern is that people are too quick to black box "the problem" and that is not productive for discussing the issue. I don't think the mind or the ...
August 20, 2016 at 13:35
Meaning for who? Are you suggesting that a computer could not form meanings? How would meaning be possible without logical relationships? Having watch...
August 20, 2016 at 12:55
Watson is distinctly different than deepmind they use different techniques...I believe deepmind is more flexible in that it can learn to do different ...
August 20, 2016 at 12:37
No problem...I just would rather that you not assume I have some inability and explain how you can know eternalism is true and presentism is false? As...
August 20, 2016 at 12:33
Another unresolved question in physics eternalisim vs growing block universe theory. You seem to be an eternalist. Again I should make it the point th...
August 20, 2016 at 12:27
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August 20, 2016 at 11:50
I think the unconscious mind is more about the brain than the psyche. You personally do not know how your own brain does what it does...but that does ...
August 20, 2016 at 11:50
The past is a relative term that depends of the frame of reference of the observer. Whatever it means by "the past cannot be changed" is unclear to me...
August 20, 2016 at 11:34
Again I want to address this notion that what the term mind should mean is exclusively an individual person. I am seeking to explore the philosophical...
August 20, 2016 at 11:08
I did skim over that link you provided...thanks for that reference...I will review it more in depth later.
August 20, 2016 at 08:59
Well deepmind is not modeled after a full human brain...it is modeled from a part of the mammalian brain. I think the goal of one to one human to comp...
August 20, 2016 at 08:55
Thanks for pointing this out...I did not realize the rhetoric of BLM had shifted to such a divisive tone. That to me is tragic not only because it is ...
August 20, 2016 at 08:33
There is a historical precedent demonstrating that simply installing a democracy in the middle of war is not mission accomplished as well. You may not...
August 20, 2016 at 08:17
You may be right...this machine is not a being in the sense that a human is a being..at least not yet...I cannot say if it might be possible for it to...
August 20, 2016 at 07:54
The past has already changed to become the present??? Part of how that is possible is because of probability, chance, randomness. Because of the princ...
August 20, 2016 at 07:37
I am not sure I understand this. Can you elaborate further on this point? I fear that you are suggesting that computers must be able to operate in a c...
August 20, 2016 at 07:14
Why? I already conceded the point...you win. It does not matter so I do not care and it does not change my argument if we say undecidability is physic...
August 19, 2016 at 20:39
Sigh...honestly I don't care. OK fine...have it your way...you are right and undecidibility is "nonphysical." It is unimportant to my argument either ...
August 19, 2016 at 18:55
Isn't the healthcare industry already well over a billion dollars and primarily women work in that field?
August 19, 2016 at 16:11
Steven Pinker has written on the subject of human violence and I take solace in fact that over the course of history violence seems to be trending tow...
August 19, 2016 at 15:25
This is simply false. These problems are physically impossible to solve. You are woefully ignorant in this subject area it seems. In reality all of th...
August 19, 2016 at 15:17
First let me ask do you believe it is or ever will be possible for machines to think in similar ways that humans do such that they can or could form m...
August 19, 2016 at 14:59
Yes there is. Perhaps you failed to understand. Algorithms are mechanical physical things. They are not just mere abstractions...many problems exist f...
August 19, 2016 at 14:33
You do realize that during war US forces and our allies have also had collateral damage that injured, and even killed, innocent civilians? Does that m...
August 19, 2016 at 14:25
It is not clear to me who the bad guys are in this case. Who do you think ought to be held responsible? Islam itself is not the problem as far as I am...
August 19, 2016 at 14:06
Here is why I believe these computers are being guinely creative but I will concede your point that it is not art in the traditional sense of what thi...
August 19, 2016 at 12:49
lol Can't argue with that. >:O
August 19, 2016 at 12:15
That is the question I am probing. Art is somewhat subjective in how it is interpreted by an audience. So the normative is a dynamic and shifting thin...
August 19, 2016 at 12:09
That is probably what I am most curious about is if the algorithm could be adapted to do just as you say. Learn emotions, think emotionally, and refle...
August 19, 2016 at 11:51
Here is some very import and relevant source material to the point I am hoping to make here. In particular stochasticity is the randomness at work in ...
August 19, 2016 at 11:24
I don't know how to explain it it any better sorry. You are saying that in order for something in the past to be different all of the past would have ...
August 19, 2016 at 10:58
Well I think it is a cool idea...though I must admit that I would probably not contribute and make video. I just thought if there was a youtube channe...
August 19, 2016 at 10:13
Exactly...I am asking if we have discovered the correct algorithm for what we mean by the term mind or if this is just one step in that direction.
August 19, 2016 at 10:09
I disagree...this example is helping define exactly what the term mind should mean in a very practical way. A way that generates results. I have made ...
August 19, 2016 at 09:50
Oh cool thanks. I thought this was put together from scratch so I was really impressed. Well thanks everyone that had the foresight to start a new pla...
August 19, 2016 at 08:58
I did not know that...that sounds cool.
August 19, 2016 at 08:55
As far as I can tell it is working as intended I was just wondering if clearing the board was a feature and I simply could not find it. I was basicall...
August 19, 2016 at 08:52
Anyway great work on the site...I was reluctant to migrate over at first because I was already accustom to the PF layout. But PF has pretty much crapp...
August 19, 2016 at 08:50
IDK...I guess it just seems...cluttery to me?
August 19, 2016 at 08:48
I think this is a good idea and could probably lead traffic back to TPF
August 19, 2016 at 08:41
Is there any way to clear the mentions cache?
August 19, 2016 at 08:40
Boots on the ground will only serve to address the symptoms (and they would have to be left there indefinitely to do that) it would not cure the real ...
August 19, 2016 at 06:57
When I heard Malala Yousafzai's story I was heartbroken. She is a symbol of triumph too.
August 19, 2016 at 06:46
To summarize the debate so far. I have claimed that having an opinion about what someone else ought to do is not, in any practical way, moral. Thus mo...
August 19, 2016 at 05:54
The interesting thing to me is that this breakthrough was possible because the mind was modeled as though it were an algorithm. In the deepmind exampl...
August 19, 2016 at 04:58