Adventures in a Patternless Universe
“Most observable patterns of nature arise from aggregation of numerous small-scale processes… Aggregation tends to smooth fluctuations.”– S. A. Frank … Continue reading Adventures in a Patternless Universe
Category: philosophy
Between Mnemosyne and Cassandra
“There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.” Dante Alighieri, Inferno (Canto V) … Continue reading Between Mnemosyne and Cassandra
Rachael or the legitimacy of memory
It’s been already a few years since I play around in my head with the following situation. I imagine myself … Continue reading Rachael or the legitimacy of memory
Grammatical and Symbolic thoughts
“Having a thought does not mean having an internal representation that is a cleaned up version of the sentence any … Continue reading Grammatical and Symbolic thoughts
The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
Let me start by asking a controversial question: Can machines think? The question takes us back to Alan Turing’s seminal … Continue reading The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
The Thoughtist 