On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: [ ... ]
> Beyond that, there are problems with statements that are apparently > analytic. Every black dog is a dog but is every iron horse a horse? Even > "black dog" may mean something other than a dog in some context. Human > language is very ambiguous. That's why mathematicians use formal logic, > sometimes. In one of his books, John Baez says a 1x1 matrix is a number I > pointed out that it wasn't and he said that all mathematicians would say it > is except logicians. He said he would lash himself with a wet noodle. > > https://www.theblackdog.com Can an AI learn logic googling the internets or will it end up as confused as I am? -- rec --
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