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It kind of makes intuitive sense that "understanding" is a graph of nodes representing arbitrary (meaningless) concepts with edges doing all the work of imbuin
by woodchuck64 14y ago
It kind of makes intuitive sense that "understanding" is a graph of nodes representing arbitrary (meaningless) concepts with edges doing all the work of imbuing meaning.
So how do we test this idea with a graph large enough and fast enough to approach the complexity of the brain? All computer architectures seem to deeply resist the graph architecture by forcing edges/nodes of large graphs to be sequentially accessed over a set of limited memory bus lines. Large computer networks force edges/nodes to be sequentially accessed over network access points, hubs and switches. Everywhere we look, graph traversal and transformation is unavoidably sequentialized at critical moments on today's hardware. What's the solution?
- redwood 14y agoWhile I certainly can't answer your question, you did make me think of something interesting: Since the internet as a whole acts more and more like a slow brain, and since the internet influences how we act as people more and more (e.g. everything from groupon deals to the Arab Spring), perhaps humanity as a whole is beginning to act like a decentralized network brain! I recognize there's nothing particularly novel or useful about what I've just said. It's just an interesting visualization.
- woodchuck64 14y agoReminds me of Eric Schwitzgebel's question: is the United States conscious? http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2011/10/is-united-states-conscious.html http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2011/10/is-united-state... (and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQi0tVNsdo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQi0tVNsdo)