tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post2654272877163029246..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: Culture Memes Information WTF! Bill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-58054612514625452192013-06-16T15:43:32.860-04:002013-06-16T15:43:32.860-04:00Yes, he's well known. He's also smart and ...Yes, he's well known. He's also smart and insightful, though perhaps a bit too taken with his own cleverness. <br /><br />In the case of cultural evolution, I'm afraid his feel for the phenomena is not very good. No doubt he's a very cultured man (in the old sense of that word), but he doesn't think about cultural stuff in a very sophisticated way. He's not thought about aBill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-38209501382870581382013-06-16T15:38:09.910-04:002013-06-16T15:38:09.910-04:00all the algorithms in computer science (like the d...<i>all the algorithms in computer science (like the disks of hanoi) can be figured out my moving your body around</i><br /><br />Piaget argued something like that in <i>Biology and Knowledge</i>.<br /><br />Towers of Hanoi: 5 disks, 3 posts<br />Towers of [city belonging to whatever ethnic group you want to stigmatize]: 3 disks, 5 postsBill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-22081239969936143162013-06-16T14:25:30.807-04:002013-06-16T14:25:30.807-04:00mathematics doesnt do didactic aitiological morali...mathematics doesnt do didactic aitiological moralistic fuzzy-up stories like big-bang etc<br /><br />it just states the numbers<br /><br />for that it's impersonal<br /><br />"oh the prime numbers.. the hackers.. does that mean the thiefs can't robb the bank anymore??"iksigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063903859058172931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-46379093495850500232013-06-16T13:35:11.341-04:002013-06-16T13:35:11.341-04:00all the algorithms in computer science (like the d...all the algorithms in computer science (like the disks of hanoi) can be figured out my moving your body around<br /><br />the simple man has it in the body in the lower brain<br /><br />it has to bubble up to a palatable form for our current stage of distancing from the original source<br /><br />but the original source is infinite according to mathematics it's not measurable, well "iksigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063903859058172931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-33960945457733419832013-06-16T10:43:04.226-04:002013-06-16T10:43:04.226-04:00Dennet is best known for his popularizing books (p...Dennet is best known for his popularizing books (popularizing the subject or popularizing himself)<br /><br />he hasn't got much to offer<br />other than the appearance of philosopher<br /><br />i am sure i can look like that tooiksigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063903859058172931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-11179734169340226932013-06-16T08:43:27.144-04:002013-06-16T08:43:27.144-04:00now enter politics (because that's how all the...now enter politics (because that's how all these titles are arranged)<br /><br />that's an area that's purely ruled by deception<br /><br />pumping up your chest to make it look bigger to make yourself look bigger<br /><br />and all the faux sentiment and honesty is there for the faux<br /><br />"let's be honest here" what the crap is that?<br /><br />i'm repeating iksigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063903859058172931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-13068095867123452262013-06-16T08:01:58.809-04:002013-06-16T08:01:58.809-04:00language is inherent in all
in the form of outwar...language is inherent in all <br />in the form of outward expression<br /><br />i clap my hands and he doesn't<br />so im different than him in that i clap my hands and he doesn't<br /><br /><br />what have you with that? and?<br /><br />is that the deep science we are talking about?<br /><br />is that the deep /philosophy/ ?<br /><br />they can call themselves all they want and what ever iksigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063903859058172931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-82881857795697412292013-06-14T13:16:50.994-04:002013-06-14T13:16:50.994-04:00A couple of comments, Tim.
1. Dennett is of the v...A couple of comments, Tim.<br /><br />1. Dennett <a href="http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/weather.pdf" rel="nofollow">is of the view that</a> it is language that "set us apart from all other animals." Whatever you may think of that, linguists estimate that language as we know it is is between 50K and 200K years old. There is, of course, a succession of somethings before that, but weBill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-2634306662599364252013-06-14T12:18:06.721-04:002013-06-14T12:18:06.721-04:00Continued.
Don’t believe me? Open the hood of you...Continued.<br /><br />Don’t believe me? Open the hood of your car, and peer at the carburetor. A very complex object to be sure. Can you make one? I mean from metal, not buy one, but MAKE one. If you can, not only are you a skilled metalworker, but you have quite a shop at your disposal, because we have now encountered the central, crucial problem: you will need the tools to make the tools.<br />Tim Perpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-63836063519758837612013-06-14T12:16:30.026-04:002013-06-14T12:16:30.026-04:00“God is in the details...” and someone merely look...“God is in the details...” and someone merely looking at (examining carefully) a wagon with spoked wheels would NOT be able to build a spoked wheel. Nor would this attentive builder be able to craft a wooden barrel. Nor, at a higher level of artisanry, build a Chippendale chair, an example I’ll come back to.<br /><br />Concerning spoked wheels first. You can’t just “make one” by copying “the Tim Perpernoreply@blogger.com