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On a half serious note, the traditional 0-1 computing model is the origin of mental polarisation in our society, because such model permits no shades of gray. A
by akomtu 5y ago
On a half serious note, the traditional 0-1 computing model is the origin of mental polarisation in our society, because such model permits no shades of gray. A better model would use probabilistic bits where each bit represents a probability density.
- njdullea 5y agoSo there wasn't 'mental polarisation' in society before computational models were created? Don't think that's correct..
- kstrauser 5y agoThat’s why I use only floats in my code, and a patched Python interpreter that replaces “if” with “seemslikely”.
- agubelu 5y ago#define true (rand() < 0.99)
- Banana699 5y agoyou meant a 0% serious note right? The 0s and 1s are in the human brain friend not the computers. You can make computing as probabilistic as your heart desires, people will not stop simplifying and caricaturing the world to fit their biases, not by one "bit".
- xkeysc0re 5y agoIf only ternary computing had won! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer
- andrewmcwatters 5y agoI would like a system that produces “true,” “false,” and “enthusiastic” results. Enthusiasm left as an exercise for the implementor.
- peheje 5y agoI prefer trulse
- andrewmcwatters 5y agoI await our enlightened future where we can run programs that have differing state that can be simultaneously true. What one thread on my CPU calculates as true is it’s truth. Other threads might not agree, because it’s not their truth.
- Apocryphon 5y agoIsn't that what quantum computing is on about
- asimjalis 5y agoMaybe.
- systemsignal 5y agoDesign a computer that does this. If it works significantly better you’d become a billionaire
- sakex 5y agoEver heard of int?
- 15rthughes 5y agoAdding the integers 2 and 2 together is definitely a grey area.
- fighterpilot 5y agoThis reminds me of this passage from the satirical FeministSoftwareFoundation: "The traditional binary foundation of 1s and 0s is deeply problematic: 1 is inherently phallic and thus misogynistic. Also, some 1s are 0s, and some 0s are 1s. It is not fair to give them immutable labels. Instead, we have 0s and Os as our fundamental binary logic gates. They symbolise/-ize the varying, natural, and beautiful differences of the female vaginal opening. 0 is to take the conventional value of 0. O is 50% of the time 0, and 50% of the time 1. The determination of this depends on how the underlying logic feels at the moment."
- cyclohexane 5y agoHaven't heard "satire" that shite in ages lol