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| hamster_nz:
--- Quote from: TimFox on April 06, 2022, 08:51:31 pm ---I posted somewhere an anecdote where one of those hardware engineers doing some calculations complained to me (in jest) that Excel couldn't handle complex numbers and I replied (also in jest) that Excel was designed by accountants who would go to jail if they used imaginary numbers. --- End quote --- :-DD |
| adx:
Well that went a lot better than I thought it was going to. He he. All that from saying "I don't believe". Religion and metaphysics eh? Probing the extents of human belief is tricky, but interesting. I'm quite proud of what I have achieved. Being right is only the icing on the cake. Ok I'll wear it as a fair characterisation, excepting some inaccuracy and missing of the point. I'll reply to a few points here and there, in a less 'aconventional' way :). Maybe. |
| bsfeechannel:
--- Quote from: adx on April 07, 2022, 07:21:37 am ---He he. All that from saying "I don't believe". Religion and metaphysics eh? --- End quote --- Not believing in certain things is also part of any religion. --- Quote ---I'll reply to a few points here and there, in a less 'aconventional' way --- End quote --- Yes, show us more how your belief in the power of ignorance can help engineering in the 21st century. We're interested. |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on April 07, 2022, 09:14:24 am ---[...] the power of ignorance [...] --- End quote --- Sometimes I feel as if it is the most powerful force in the Universe.... |
| adx:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on April 07, 2022, 11:13:34 am --- --- Quote from: bsfeechannel on April 07, 2022, 09:14:24 am ---[...] the power of ignorance [...] --- End quote --- Sometimes I feel as if it is the most powerful force in the Universe.... --- End quote --- You beat me to it. I was going to say an area of research close to my heart (well, not really) is artificial stupidity - only with AS can one capture the true and it turns out most common range of human behaviours (and other animals, but the force is strong in humans - it's all that brain, most humans don't use much most of the time, but it's got to be doing something). One day perhaps I could be the model organism for the AS machine clone. Unlikely I know, but I like to live my life as if it could happen. It doesn't always come naturally to me - I've got to try harder than many, but I think I am doing quite well these days. |
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