Re: my treatise on the nature of life

hmmmm

Looks like somebody's computer caught a virus.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt L. Hanson" <k24anson@mac.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: my treatise on the nature of life

> The last two days brought forty visits to my web site from the people at
> asa.calvin.edu. Four of these forty went to the download page.
> Statistically, I'm not optimistic ...
>
> The goal of my efforts, years from now envisions New York City (Silicon
> Alley is a cute little phrase, right?) as the epicenter for research, and
> the industrial base of technologies for systems pertaining to computer
> cognition. And to also have it known that the first prototypical systems
> of computer cognition were devised and wrought by a Christian (myself), or
> Christians. (... though like I said I'm not optimistic about the later
> group there (: |
>
> Some very prominent "American intellectuals" consider computer cognition
> practically impossible at the present time, given the present scientific
> paradigms and technologies:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/k24anson/Neural Models.pdf
>
> The first paragraph of the above paper is typical of the many I have
> encountered, and reveals the problem: the pompous(?) intellectual elite of
> America, these clowns want to immediately mimic and devise something on
> par with the human brain. Forget the basics they imagine amongst
> themselves, the trial and error process of finding out what works, what
> doesn't, somehow this is too ...? elementary schoolish, too childish to
> think of as a starting point. Begin with the nematode, the nervous system
> of the arthropod, and taking the time to work their way up? No, no, no,
> they're obviously too smart for that.
>
> Everyone is listening and agreeing with the predictions of these experts.
>
> Anyone familiar with Jeff Hawkins of Palm Pilot fame? Read some of the
> posts and conversations at his web sites' book forum, the book
> OnIntelligence:
>
> http://onintelligence.org/
>
> The talk at the OnIntelligence forum, and all forums like this is such a
> waste of time. Not that people shouldn't be investigating the cerebral
> cortex, but that no one is doing and offering anything in any context
> other than towards understanding and mimicking the human cognitive
> process! I have to laugh; my treatise is rendered of no import to the
> subject at hand. Who of any reputation would consider decades of research
> towards mimicking? (take your pick throughout the zoological kingdom now
> ..., the cognition of a cockroach, the fly, a spider. Why don't these
> otherwise very smart people want to do their homework?
>
> It is conceivable that America, the West will lose it. I believe it is
> realistic that within the next ten, fifteen years the first computer
> systems mimicking a form of biological cognition actually come from the
> government sponsored corporations of Japan, or China, a group of bright,
> affluent Hindu's in Bangladesh put their heads and resources together and
> one day announced to the world a prototypical system.
>
> To the good folks at asa@calvin.edu: Won't it be wonderful someday to hear
> everyone in the press, the media, for a time saying how clever the
> Hindu's, or whoever will do it, are? And what should and will be said
> about the educated Americans at this future date? There's a knot in my
> stomach just thinking about this prospect.
>
> I'm in a catch-22. I promote my treatise and risk losing it; I keep it to
> myself and nothing happens.
>
> Read these posts for more of why America can lose one of the greatest
> challenges it is presently involved with:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/k24anson/bautforum.pdf
>
> Read bautforum.pdf from the bottom, end up to the opening view of the
> document to follow the discussion.
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/k24anson/Hannity.pdf
>
> The Hannity.pdf post sounds a little too rushed as it was written. I
> should have taken more time to write and clarify my thoughts.
>
> I'm trying to break you good Christians at asa@calvin.edu from the teat,
> your steady diet of milk; I'm offering real Christian meat with my
> treatise. Through trial and error, over time I'll learn how to package it
> to do what I want to do with it.
>
> KLH
> New York City
>
> Mergatroid will live ...!
Received on Sat Apr 22 13:24:16 2006