[FRIAM] alternative response

[Russ Abbott]

Actually, my point is that we act as if we believe we have free will. That
was intended to support Nick's claim that everyone seems to believe things
science denies.

-- Russ Abbott
Professor, Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles


On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

> Sure, ok.   I don’t know what any of this has to do with Russ’ lecture on
> free will.
>
> I was just responding in the affirmative to the apparently underlying
> question of if we are all reactive machines.  Of course we are.  While the
> reaction could be complicated, or the stimulus could be communicated over a
> faulty channel and thus result in a response that is inappropriate, how *
> *could** it be any other way?    I didn’t say anything about the taxonomy
> of machines being limited or any individual instance being simplistic.
> That’s just a straw man.
>
>
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> *From: *Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Steve Smith <
> sasmyth at swcp.com>
> *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
> friam at redfish.com>
> *Date: *Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 4:30 PM
> *To: *"friam at redfish.com" <friam at redfish.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] alternative response
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>
> playing "the Imp(uter)" I think that is similar to what Glen has
> asserted/suggested/implied/offered?
>
>
>
> On 6/14/20 4:45 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
>
> Steve writes:
>
> < To some (many?) that might be what our collective "rattling on"
> looks/sounds like.  >
>
> I’m claiming all conversations are like that.   Maybe the agents have a
> little more state, and the transactions are less frequent.    Same.
>
> Marcus
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