Fundamental Compressionist Philosophy.

[Detlef Morgenstern]

--- Gerry Wolff <gerry at informatics.bangor.ac.uk> wrote: 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Detlef Morgenstern" <detlef_morgenstern at yahoo.de>
> 
> > -- Does a falling stone compute? --
> >
> > Yes. It represents a complex network of differential equations
> > reflecting these physical phenomena:
> > - cinematics
> > - gravity
> > - principle of the conservation of energy
> > - aerodynamics
> > and - if fast enough -
> > - thermodynamics, gas dynamics, and optics.
> >

> I am not really convinced by this idea...
> ...
> these ideas. I hope you will not mind me disagreeing with the one
> about stones.

This is the penalty I deserve. Never be sarcastic! I hoped my words
would express how deeply I am convinced that of course a falling
stone **does not compute at all**.

> Its a fascinating idea to get a machine for compression to compress
> itself.
> I get bogged down when I try to think how the core processes for
> compression
> might compress themselves. I suppose this is self-referential
> recursion (cf
> Godel, Escher, Bach) but none the worse for that.

It will trigger a chain reaction.

Still nobody cares.

Detlef












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