Some people act that way!

On Jun 14, 2020, at 7:13 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote:


Actually, my point is that we act as if we believe we have free will. That was 
intended to support Nick's claim that everyone seems to believe things science 
denies.

-- Russ Abbott
Professor, Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles


On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM Marcus Daniels 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Sure, ok.   I don’t know what any of this has to do with Russ’ lecture on free 
will.
I was just responding in the affirmative to the apparently underlying question 
of if we are all reactive machines.  Of course we are.  While the reaction 
could be complicated, or the stimulus could be communicated over a faulty 
channel and thus result in a response that is inappropriate, how *could* it be 
any other way?    I didn’t say anything about the taxonomy of machines being 
limited or any individual instance being simplistic.  That’s just a straw man.

From: Friam <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on 
behalf of Steve Smith <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 4:30 PM
To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] alternative response


playing "the Imp(uter)" I think that is similar to what Glen has 
asserted/suggested/implied/offered?


On 6/14/20 4:45 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:

Steve writes:

< To some (many?) that might be what our collective "rattling on" looks/sounds 
like.  >

I’m claiming all conversations are like that.   Maybe the agents have a little 
more state, and the transactions are less frequent.    Same.
Marcus



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