Re: "analog computer" = useless hypothesis?

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 23:19:57 MDT


Mitch writes,
> Again, Smolin, not Dyson, is proposing a kind of synthesis, a hybrid of
digital and analog. If I recall, he uses a varient of the word, "combination"
to indicate this. I believe this goes back to mathematics and which system is
best to perform solutions; base 10, base 8, 0,1??? I am a pragamtist, if we
get father with digi, fine, if its analog, s'all right.
>

Absolutely... that's my kind of attitude... whatever uploads your happiness
most extropically.
On which system is best to solve problems... how 'bout a system that
reconfigures problems as opportunities?

τΏτ

--J. R.

Useless hypotheses:
 consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing

Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once, but an
infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.



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