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I'm still not hearing your definition of thinking, but given how hallowed you seem to find it, it must be truly brilliant. Progress of scientific theory is pla
by optimalsolver 3y ago
I'm still not hearing your definition of thinking, but given how hallowed you seem to find it, it must be truly brilliant.
Progress of scientific theory is plain to see. At each step, e.g. Kepler equations -> Newtonian mechanics -> General relativity, we encode our observations of the physical world ever more efficiently.
- silent_cal 3y agoI gave it above, you're just too dense to even begin to try to understand what I mean. If you have a specific question I'm more than happy to try and answer it.
- optimalsolver 3y ago>I gave it above Yeah, something about "abstraction" and some hand-wavy magic, which computers are already doing. Can you state, specifically, what part of thinking you presume computers can't do?
- silent_cal 3y agoThey cannot handle immaterial concepts such as goodness, truth, justice, etc. because such concepts are not reducible to material components. They cannot abstract at all, because to abstract something is to consider it in a universal way, leaving the material parts behind. Computers are fundamentally material, and so cannot handle any kind of immaterial concepts.