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It's not as easy as that. First we don't start from zero. If you would build a robot with all human senses but erased hard drive it wouldn't do anything, ever.
by blackbrokkoli 8y ago
It's not as easy as that.
First we don't start from zero. If you would build a robot with all human senses but erased hard drive it wouldn't do anything, ever.
Second, while applied in RL, science might be labeled as "objective" and therefore be superior for, let's say, building a bridge. But on a very basal level, we're subjectively agreeing on what "scientific" is, or rather based on non-proofable paradigms, which is what the article is about
- gerbilly 8y ago> First we don't start from zero. There is strong evidence that humans, and most animals are born with built in knowledge and expectations about the world.
- boxy310 8y agoI found it simply fascinating when I learned that Blue Wildebeests are born knowing how to stand within minutes of their birth, and within a day can outrun adult hyenas: "Extremely precocial species are called "superprecocial". Examples are the Megapode birds, which have full flight feathers and which, in some species, can fly on the same day they hatch from their eggs. Another example is the Blue Wildebeest, whose calves can stand within an average of six minutes from birth and walk within thirty minutes; they can outrun a hyena within a day." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precocial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precocial
- raphael_l 8y agoVery interesting concept, thanks for providing this link! We could also apply this terminology to startups: precocial startups are profitable and self-sustaining soon after their launch. Superprecocial startups would be so right away.
- peterwwillis 8y agoAside from drug dealers there are few superprecocial businesses. The only reliable way to form such a business is to provide something everyone needs and nobody has, like water in the desert.