Kippo

I think AIs do play proper games when training themselves otherwise the exercise is pointless. Whether they glean strategic insight that is relatable ...

What about if a game has only existed as part of an AI playing against itself?

The rules allow it to happen, but a player can claim a draw if it does happen... see the threefold repetition rule. But my definition was incomplete. ...

A game of chess is an ordered sequence of board configurations that ends in either stalemate or checkmate, with the next configuration in the forward ...

The most reasoned argument for a curriculum approach I have come across is that offered by Stephen Pinker in his book "The Blank Slate". He suggests t...

May is playing chicken with the Irish border. From a game theroy point of view I think the EU should blink first and gain reputation.

Conway's life is very passive though - you wait for something unexpected to emerge. Not a problem! I've always fancied creating a more involved versio...

I think it might be fun though, to link God's personality to the method of creation He chose. @"Devans99"'s God is very lazy, if you ask me.

Is Riccardo suggesting that countries cooperate in order to maximise the total output?

With regards to surplus and deficit with trade partners , why is a deficit "bad" and a surplus "good"? I ask, because if one is continually selling an...

"It is equally interesting to discuss matters sexually, rather than to discuss sexual matters." How would that work ... everything would be sexual inn...

But if there are no tough times there is no need to reflect!

is it even possible to reflect "logically" on one's life?

His spelling etc was OK I think?

You desctibe the physiological condition of humans only. We physically cannot experience continual ecstasy, or even mere beaming pleasure. But I see n...

There is an objective meaning of life - spread your DNA (in time, not just space lol)!

It is more interesting, IMO, to discuss matters philosophically, rather than to discuss philosophical matters. Well they are different discussions so ...

Re school attendance prizes - I think they encourage the spreading of germs frankly.

What are the implications of "existence is infinite"?

Perhaps philosophy is the art of trying to ignore oneself?

We're British! We play by no rules!

Leave means cleave basically! There are two tribes and their makeup is largely predicted by their personalities IMO. The leavers are largely introvert...

I am tempted to define people who are rarely bored as "wise".

If you ask instead "is the universe meaningless?" the answer is a bit harder to come by. For a start we don't really understand it. Trying to understa...

Love the cherubum idea! All else pales.

Two ways 1) Learn that the world of human affairs is not very structured in general, but that we tend to impose narrative on it. Conspiracy often occu...

The quest for "pattern" can be taken too far though. Our brains love a good narrative. Although narration is a sort of intelligence I guess - historia...

Are there not painters whose medium is poop?!

Would I be correct to say that nobody knows whether 4D "space" is a meaningful concept beyond extending the mathematics by a dimension?

How does one "comprehend" any dimension? I have no problem comprehending 4 dimensions if one of them is time. I could comprehend a fourth dimension in...

"Philosophy encompasses psychology. I said it so it must be so. Help Mummy!"

People who are experimental subjects in this area of study are often asked to use their not-best hand for routine tasks such as opening doors, for a w...

I will accept that one could justify various purposes in terms of optimisation of some objective quantity. I might even concede there is only one cand...

And who conceives them - us!

Wilson claims his book is readable by non mathematicians. They could skip lots out but still get an appreciation. Zone filling games on phones lend th...

I interpret "purpose" to mean an externally directed goal; whereas a "goal" per se is self driven. Thus God can give purpose (if you believe in her). ...

Yes, one just needs to translate "Why the purpose of the human species is probably to create artificial general intelligence?" to "Why the goal of the...

Thinking about the purpose of life does not require any philosophical training. Anybody can bring to bear their interests and enthusiasms on the topic...

The OP expressed an interest in finding out about the "beauty" of maths as well as maths itself. Graph theory might be a branch of maths that might be...

We have "tribal" loyalty yet fear of "others" so "sheep eat goat" perhaps sums us up better. These are hard wired tendencies, but not necessarily over...

Fair enough, there are steps to take and blind alleys to go down. It's not so much that one "sees" the solution but that one arrives at it - albeit wi...

Without algebraic/written proof, you could be seeing a mirage ....

OK here goes .. hope I've not made many mistakes (easily done if you lose concentration!) a) M+5 = J+5+3 (equivalent to M = J+3, making explicit the f...

OK! All one equation only and let's cut straight to algebraic "names" as follows. A person's name isXXX. Some assumed/stated value about them will app...

Whatever you "get" and enjoy!

B-60 = S will do just as well for the second equation (second piece of information)! B-60 = S is the same information as B = S+60. Notice how you can ...

Thanks @Wallows!

B = 3 * S B = S + 60

Nobody knows the extent to which a population of consenting and willing people can be taught mathematics. It's a mystery! However, I do feel that a pe...

The nature of schooling across the world seems to be something that people everywhere don't question to any significant degree. I think it has a lot t...