Self-Conception
I was reading Hofstadter’s latest book, I am a Strange Loop, and encountered some rather provocative statements. Hofstadter is one of the only authors that I’ve read that is not afraid of explaining in great detail why materialism is both…
Linguistic Engineering
I’m going to found the field of Linguistic Engineering. I wish to study the relationship between what people think (algorithms) and what they say (programs), with the end goal being a set of design principles for the creation of programming…
Humanity’s self-conception
In most of the Sci-Fi that I’ve read humans are depicted primarily as a wild unknown of unequalled potential. When Jane and the Bugger Queen discuss humanity, it is pointed out that humans have a crude system by which many…
Self Replicating Robots
I had a nice discussion with Elvee today about robots. One of the problems with robots is that of self-replication. In order to create an electronic life-form, we need to gift robots with the ability to reproduce on their own….
Google Uprising
I had an interesting thought today as I was surfing the net about business culture and eXtreem Programming. I ran across a news item about Guido van Rossum finally finishing up a his first project since getting hired at Google….