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by ignifero 15y ago
Their validity has nothing to do with complexity though
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by ignifero 15y ago
Empirically, complexity(einstein's field equations) > complexity(newton's law), complexity(spherical harmonics) > complexity(electrons spinning around atom) and so on and so on. Complexity is not a criterion for truth
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by ignifero 15y ago
That is true, the universe's Kolmogorov complexity is reducing every moment. The complexity of our theories, though,is a whole different thing. The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to them: they dont become simpler just by time passing. W
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by ignifero 15y ago
Have to disagree, there is nothing inherently "simple" or "complex" about the world. As humans, with limited reasoning capacity, we tend towards simple representations because they are easy to reason about. So we have to choose our theories
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by ignifero 15y ago
It's baffling to me why Apple does this. Magazines and newspapers are troubled enough as it is, and the ipad could help those who prefer to read only once a month. How much does Apple make by this 30% rule? Do they need that money? Is it wo
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by ignifero 15y ago
On what basis ... the simplest hypothesis is the most likely one to be true?" Occam didn't say that. The true hypothesis is the one confirmed by experiments. One would use Occam's razor to choose among equally valid explanations. Now, wh
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by ignifero 15y ago
Hundreds of movie celebrities come to mind. I would reverse your question and name people who, even though they could have lived more, they chose not to do so: I will name a heavyweight: Albert Einstein
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by ignifero 15y ago
Michelangelo Buonarroti Craig Newmark
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by ignifero 15y ago
This is a measurement, not an intervention experiment. A control experiment in this case should be performed on another universe with no GR. Of course, i guess they did test it on neutral regions as well. Since are no other known forces act
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by ignifero 15y ago
Science says that blind crowdsourcing is generally better: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-05/17/wisdom-of-cro... One could find arguments for both sides, though: - HN is not a crowd, it's a niche community - Voting is not blind
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by ignifero 15y ago
I liked it for 2 weeks, but, as a data driven person, i would like to be able to see the scores . What was the incentive to hide them again?
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San Francisco ballot measure aims to ban circumcision(economist.com)
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LinkedIn IPO Tops $100(online.wsj.com)
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by ignifero 15y ago
If it's a simulation, that's also the only representation of the world i can have and can act upon. So i choose to ignore that possibility as inconsequential to existence and take the empirical stance of accepting the world because my sense
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Modelling a 'Magical Machine' - Researchers Hope to Build a Brain(spiegel.de)
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by ignifero 15y ago
It's sad to see a discussion that could be of interest to computer hackers (the current neurosimulation software is decades old, horrible and could really benefit from some new ideas) ending up to the usual blah blah about self aware robots
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by ignifero 15y ago
I 'm an eliminativist myself, so i see no duality. It's time to demystify "consciousness". It's a word used to cover a whole range of phenomena that arise in our brain.
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by ignifero 15y ago
It will still be a machine, won't be able to kill you unless you give it a gun. Our ethical rules generally show some respect to animals, because we can empathize with cruelty against them, but even that is relative (we 're not so sorry whe
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by ignifero 15y ago
It's still extremely difficult to observe network activity in vivo. Even the most sophisticated methods can only observe tiny fractions and only a single property of neurons at a time. A large scale in silico network makes it trivial to ti
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by ignifero 15y ago
This is not about making a machine that thinks, rather making a useful large scale model of neurons so we can test how they respond on a very large network scale. Robots will not rise out of it. Think of it like an expensive telescope; do w
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by ignifero 15y ago
Indeed. There is a huge distance to go before we can simulate things like actual thinking brains. The blue brain proejct and the proposed project use compartmental models, that essentially break down neurons to equivalent electrical circuit
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by ignifero 15y ago
Sadly there's a lot more to economics than econometrics, or else banks would be run by bots.
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by ignifero 15y ago
It's interesting that face recognition is not covered, the tag must be done by a person
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by ignifero 15y ago
From a quick scan it seems they patented the ability to send notifications on tags, not tags themselves. [edit] it seems they have tagging oo. I wonder what does flickr have to say about this?
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by ignifero 15y ago
Love your "social security death detection" feature. Hope it doesn't have any false positives
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by ignifero 15y ago
Why would Apple ever get in the way? Just so they don't lose the 0.002% of their revenues? Wont that also be a PR disaster for them? (Apple the elephant going after the tiny patent holder). Face it guys, whether it's Apple taking your 30% o
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by ignifero 15y ago
I noticed that there isn't an app where you can make your "digital will" i.e. describe how you want your profile to look once you 've kicked the bucket. Isn't there a market for that? Also, dead people's profiles may be ok for the first m
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by ignifero 15y ago
Can you actually stop a bubble from forming or busting? Are there any documented examples?
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by ignifero 15y ago
downvoting is endemic lately, dont worry. Apple does innovate too, it's just in sectors that are usually overlooked by rivals: industrial design, form-over-function
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by ignifero 15y ago
I thought sports car makers, fashion designers, wine makers, jewellers etc have already proven that centuries ago.

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