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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