tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post1175920565774102703..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: The perils of precocitySteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-64217648711720370352010-03-18T15:15:54.643-04:002010-03-18T15:15:54.643-04:00Process descriptions ("add 1 to number x"...Process descriptions ("add 1 to number x") are always finite. Infinity only comes into play when a mathematician begins waving his hands and making oneself self-important through jargon.<br /><br />Perhaps kids should be told early on that a mathematician's (and theologian's) concept of "existence" often does not match anything that can be perceived in the "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81063344332086470412010-03-18T12:30:14.302-04:002010-03-18T12:30:14.302-04:00Thinking about existence, death, and purpose is a ...Thinking about existence, death, and purpose is a perennial trap for the precocious. Being able to obtain a heightened level of abstraction can be dangerously enervating. I'd venture a guess that much unused cognitive potential is squandered due to bright minds unable to emerge from ennui.Shining Withttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164956435578755211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-91789314400853666722010-03-10T18:17:55.862-05:002010-03-10T18:17:55.862-05:00SENS escape velocity + cryonic suspension backup =...SENS escape velocity + cryonic suspension backup = your princess might never have to grow old.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09436255271743921378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-32664237503875311322010-03-09T16:12:09.039-05:002010-03-09T16:12:09.039-05:00I told my daughter that being a princess is all ab...I told my daughter that being a princess is all about watching and waiting for other people to do things. She lost interest, and took up doing things herself instead.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831355954619691739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35847428161747097172010-03-09T15:36:28.348-05:002010-03-09T15:36:28.348-05:00Yet you've wasted your ability on trivia.
You...Yet you've wasted your ability on trivia.<br /><br />You would have gone into mol bio had you been moral.Ian Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837467954881003505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-72843139891948852262010-03-09T12:56:18.785-05:002010-03-09T12:56:18.785-05:00My favorite part is her certainty that she is a pr...My favorite part is her certainty that she is a princess :)Juliannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563268133872687267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-20967188726862008132010-03-09T11:58:47.954-05:002010-03-09T11:58:47.954-05:00Infinity is interesting .Death imho is much less s...Infinity is interesting .Death imho is much less so. Death of a system is basically reverting back toward entropy state, unorganized chaos<br /><br />In a case with humans "you" is a really a sum of your neural circuits forming your memory and information processing network.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814638059509556522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-13722181170959424002010-03-09T10:57:35.070-05:002010-03-09T10:57:35.070-05:00Nice pic too !!Nice pic too !!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00217820949211906932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-84316977595123516522010-03-09T08:16:34.600-05:002010-03-09T08:16:34.600-05:00Nice post
Thank you for sharing it.Nice post<br /><br />Thank you for sharing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com