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Rich Grise
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On Monday 20 September 2004 11:38 am, Kevin Aylward did deign to grace us
with the following:
the utility of a set of axioms that essentially say, "Everything is
either A or B or Both", it kinda doesn't narrown things down much.
I guess what I'm going after is the metaphysical end, like, why
does a replicator decide to replicate? Because a meme told him to,
or is it in their nature? Is that covered in the paper?
Another thing I've noticed is that with a little judicious questioning,
I've been able to narrow down about 3 of your pages to a paragraph, in my
other post upthread. So maybe we can work through that one too, with you
translating for me. ;-)
And, of course, which came first, the chicken or the egg? And why? ;-)
Cheers!
Rich
with the following:
And for precisely the same reason, I say, so tell me, exactly, what isI know, but the above is very rigorous. However it is very, very wide.
Do not be mislead by this fact. If an entity can be copied it is a
Replicant. That's it. Period. That's all the definition that is
required. There is no more "technical level" to write about. This is why
the approach is so very powerful. Almost anything is either a Replicant
or Replicator, or both. That is why it is essentially, impossible to
deny the conclusions of the theory in a specific example. Real life
objects will invariable satisfy one or another of the definitions.
This is *why* I have so much err..faith, in the approach. I look at the
big picture. Its pretty much impossible to deny that the maths don't
apply to anything of merit.
the utility of a set of axioms that essentially say, "Everything is
either A or B or Both", it kinda doesn't narrown things down much.
I guess what I'm going after is the metaphysical end, like, why
does a replicator decide to replicate? Because a meme told him to,
or is it in their nature? Is that covered in the paper?
Another thing I've noticed is that with a little judicious questioning,
I've been able to narrow down about 3 of your pages to a paragraph, in my
other post upthread. So maybe we can work through that one too, with you
translating for me. ;-)
And, of course, which came first, the chicken or the egg? And why? ;-)
Cheers!
Rich