By KM
Published Jun 19
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6.9.0 How can we apply universal system idea to the evolution?
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Philosophers like John Searle objects to the idea that brain could be simulated on a computer:
the philosopher John Searle has placed the AI project in the following historical perspective: for centuries, some people have tried to explain the mind in mechanical terms, using similes and metaphors based on the most complex machines of the day. First the brain was supposed to be like an immensely complicated set of gears and levers. Then it was hydraulic pipes, then steam engines, then telephone exchanges – and, now that computers are our most impressive technology, brains are said to be computers. But this is still no more than a metaphor, says Searle, and there is no more reason to expect the brain to be a computer than a steam engine. — page 138
6.8.0 What is the counterargument that David provides?
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6.7.0 What is computation universality (i.e. Turing completeness)?
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6.6.0 Explain why analogue computation couldn’t work.
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6.5.0 What is the typical transition in using the system that happens once it becomes universal?
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Many systems came close to being universal as Hindu-Arabic system was, but they didn’t. Archimedes in his research of astronomy had to deal with big numbers, so he invented his own numeral system. Yet, he put an upper limit to a highest possible number (10^800,000,000), hence he had the same arithmetic-tally problem as Roman numerals did.
6.4.0 It was a conscious choice of his: Why did he do that?
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6.3.0 How numeral systems reveal hierarchies of universalities?
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6.2.0 What was the initial writing system?
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6.1.0 What is the jump to universality?
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