tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post1531919602656728985..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Halfway in a dreamSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-84935054781746086762012-03-11T17:07:44.126-04:002012-03-11T17:07:44.126-04:00Von Neumann stole credit for the invention of the ...Von Neumann stole credit for the invention of the "von Neumann Architecture."<br /><br />From William Aspray's review of the book <i>ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer Company</i> by Scott McCartney:<br /><br />http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=795<br /><br />"By the time von Neumann joined the project, the ENIAC design was set and HL14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-14361619386234798312012-03-09T04:04:16.819-05:002012-03-09T04:04:16.819-05:00Yep, dreamlike is an interesting choice of analogy...Yep, dreamlike is an interesting choice of analogy. With the caveat that peoples' dreams vary, of course in dreams we do find qualities we'd guess at animals as having, like an inability to question the logic of the wider world, weird gaps in understanding, broken perceptions of causal connections between events, hazily aware of the environment, heightened emotions, lack of a sense of Matthew Carnegienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-3443250627169074572012-03-09T01:44:59.574-05:002012-03-09T01:44:59.574-05:00Dreams seem to have a different type of intelligen...Dreams seem to have a different type of intelligence based on intuition. Also, I find that I have a weird kind of heightened verbal intelligence during dreams, able to express complex ideas fluidly and in ways I could never come up with awake.ben_gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-13446684477358644812012-03-09T00:35:50.799-05:002012-03-09T00:35:50.799-05:00Is
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Arkans...Is<br />the<br />kid, a future lawyer named Bill from<br />Arkansas, Bill Clinton?David Cohlton Harold Eatonhttp://www.facebook.com/people/David-Cohlton-Harold-Eaton/714602107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-78268865448927130842012-03-08T09:43:44.268-05:002012-03-08T09:43:44.268-05:00"Jancsi (Yan-Chi, diminutive of János in Hung..."Jancsi (Yan-Chi, diminutive of János in Hungarian) was a human being, we are like animals." jaim kleinhttp://profiles.google.com/jaim001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-2370627177929894302012-03-07T20:54:40.158-05:002012-03-07T20:54:40.158-05:00And of course the bright American youngster posing...And of course the bright American youngster posing questions to vN is planning to study ... law.Seth Staffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-70775124469033073432012-03-07T20:29:04.593-05:002012-03-07T20:29:04.593-05:00 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test#Animals_... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test#Animals_that_have_been_observed_to_pass<br /><br />Well here's a list of all the animals which have been known to pass the mirror test for self-awareness...Yan Shenhttp://profiles.google.com/yanshen71786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79241661872189529422012-03-07T20:10:29.931-05:002012-03-07T20:10:29.931-05:00Here's a video of him - http://www.youtube.com...Here's a video of him - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLbllFHBQM4. Re: alertness, his eyes do seem a little wider open than ordinary. Maybe someone can find more...Jorge Donatellonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63467495626087494642012-03-07T18:10:59.281-05:002012-03-07T18:10:59.281-05:00It was all a dream...It was all a dream...Russell Knighthttp://www.facebook.com/people/Russell-Knight/1909480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-36407645816625432482012-03-07T15:38:11.105-05:002012-03-07T15:38:11.105-05:00I got a little choked up just reading von Neumann&...I got a little choked up just reading von Neumann's wikipedia page. To think that one mind could do so much good in so short a time. It is ludicrous that creating talent like this is not a priority worldwide.Stephen Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-88242073352879220112012-03-07T15:16:54.964-05:002012-03-07T15:16:54.964-05:00“When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is...“When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.”<br />Michel de Montaigne (French Philosopher and Writer. 1533-1592)<br /><br />If you watch some types of animals - like cats, jackdaws or crows - you will notice that they are very much alert, awake en very conscious of themselves and their surroundings. I really can't believe that their Jean Huiskampsnoreply@blogger.com