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Tag Archives: logic
The Rationality of Uncertainty
When I was learning science in high school, I was mesmerized by the notion that scientific facts were true, myths were false, and there were still things that needed to be „figured out“. I was very impressed by the way … Continue reading → Continue reading
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The Spectre of Populism
There is a spectre haunting the Web: That spectre is populism. Let me backtrack a moment. This piece is a part of an ongoing series of posts about „rational media“ – a concept that is still not completely hard and … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Fundamental Principles of Rational Media
In my previous post, I noted that my concept of rationality differs from the general, widely accepted views of this notion. I do not disagree with these views. Instead, I believe the way I view rationality is more generalized. To … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, artificial language, character, characters, communication, express, expression, expressions, index, indexes, indexing, information, informationretrievel, intelligability, intelligable, language, languages, logic, machine, machine-readable, machines, natural, natural language, rational media, search, Wisdom of the Language
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There is No Such Thing as Context-Free Meaning
For this post, I would like to start out with two operational definitions: Context-Free Websites Contextual Websites „Context-Free“ websites purport to be containers without context. Supposedly, there is no „situation“ or „issue“ which constrains the content – it is assumed … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged artificial, artificial intelligence, coherence, coherent, content, context, data, false, in real life, incoherence, incoherent, IRL, issue, issues, language, life, logic, Mark Twain, meaning, meaningless, Mysterious Stranger, natural, natural language, nature, reality, retard media, situation, situations, The Mysterious Stranger, topic, topical, topos, true, universe, world
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Do you understand the gravity of the matter?
The other day I argued that there is no such thing as an objectively “true” language (at least not for feeble-minded humans). If you missed that, then please go ahead and check out “Science vs. Relativity” before venturing on. Today, … Continue reading →
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Tagged algorithm, algorithmic, algorithms, engineering, equation, formula, formulas, language, languages, logic, mathematics, science, STEM, technology, translation, true, truth, universal, universals
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Computers, Humans, Economics, Marketing, Logic and Psychology
Computers are machines that apply algorithms according to some sort of logic… — and in this way they function in a way quite analagous to economic theory. Humans are beings that use their brains according to psychological quirks they have … Continue reading →
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Transcending Textual Materialism
Of course my writing is linked — there are relationships between my ideas, whether I am aware of them or not, whether or not I explicate such relations as I write down my thoughts. Hence, it is not at all … Continue reading →
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