RE: Belief
January 10, 2010 at 6:59 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2010 at 6:59 pm by Violet.)
A computer must assume that it is right, or else it wouldn't be able to come up with any answers. So yes, by definition a computer has an extremely large amount of faith: it will not even consider things that it is not programed to consider.
Knowing anything implies assuming factuality in the matter. A computer has to assume that every piece of information it is given is 'factual'... otherwise it will be unable to program a single thing because of the infinite possibilities that could otherwise be considered (exceptions being quantum computers and the like). Can you honestly tell me how differently our minds work than do computers?
Of course, there are computers that are programed to 'think for themselves' (IE: Quantum computers), but i doubt that is what you are referring to?
Of course, it largely depends on how you define "Know", and on how advanced the computer is
Knowing anything implies assuming factuality in the matter. A computer has to assume that every piece of information it is given is 'factual'... otherwise it will be unable to program a single thing because of the infinite possibilities that could otherwise be considered (exceptions being quantum computers and the like). Can you honestly tell me how differently our minds work than do computers?
Of course, there are computers that are programed to 'think for themselves' (IE: Quantum computers), but i doubt that is what you are referring to?
(January 10, 2010 at 6:50 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: A computer doesn't know anything.
Of course, it largely depends on how you define "Know", and on how advanced the computer is
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
