(November 4, 2016 at 6:31 pm)Mathilda Wrote:(November 4, 2016 at 5:59 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: I think emotions get in the way sometimes. First you said his assumptions weren't sound. Then you said you didn't have a problem with the assumptions.
I said I didn't have a problem with his first assumption he stated. The second and third I did have problems with. But that wasn't even what I was referring to when I said that he was making assumptions. His whole talk was laden with unstated assumptions that he didn't even realise that he was making.
(November 4, 2016 at 5:59 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Then you said he was assuming exponentiality. Then I pointed out that he said the exact opposite.
But he was still relying on exponentiality despite claiming not to. He made reference to the singularity. He didn't call it that specifically but that's what he was referring to when he talked about replacing a room full of people with a computer to do research.
I see what you mean.
So you're saying he laid out 3 explicit premises but then he had other premises that he was making implictly that he didn't make more explicit?
