Communication networks

Hi.

Sorry that I am not able to update my thoughts regularly at the moment. I don't have that good internet connection, and I am also thinking intensively on computer memories for the last weeks (very interesting, they really only store facts in form of let`s say "0" and "1") .

In the meanwhile I also got more curious on how our human minds deal with memory. Memory is some process that is very strongly connected to "consciousness".

I have been reading in Dennett's book on Darwin's Dangerous idea, that Biology can be seen as Engineering ! That`s a great idea ! He argues how much we neglect the idea's and concepts that engineers have discovered.

In Minsky's idea's one point of attention is the problem of "building something": As kids we learn building toy houses, train tracks, marvellous stories, ships, rockets, castles, simple relationships, networks. What "agencies" are necessary to handle these now simple tasks ? How did we represent our new discoveries inside our children minds ? What does language do with these representations and at this point as well, what does remembering do ?

Two concepts could help out of these kinds of questions: One is the concept of frame, a kind of standard application form where we just need to fill in the empty boxed with all kinds of properties and links, the other concept is the k-line, which links different agencies together, as in some Greek tragedy the red line that is used not to get lost in the labyrinth (need to update this and fill in the correct name, think it's Minotaure)

I am wondering if we would understand common sense thinking better one day, what impact could that have on society... ? Well, this is a nice question to close this small post :-)

Sunshine !

Hi. Has been a while since my last update on thinking. Unfortunately, moving location is not the perfect situation to keep thoughts straight, I'll try anyway to summarize a bit of the last items:

* Learning: I came across some ideas on learning in the Society of Mind. It is pointed out that generalizing, conditioning and other terms used in learning are too broad to understand what learning does. There are many forms of learning and some for example are uni-framing (connect frames with similar structure to an identical description/name), accumulation, reformulation, and ... hmmm need to add this later.


* Evolution theory: Darwin's Idea of natural selection can be seen as process without purpose ? Darwin discovered that live on planet earth can be seen as algorithmic process.... also need to add details later on this.... ("One of Darwins fundamental insights is that copying designs is cheap, whereas generating new designs is very expensive" from Dennett in Kind of Minds somewhere)

* Sentics: How do we deal with emotions exactly ? What is the relation that everyone can perceive the same quality of painting and music of ideas..


sorry have to leave.. internet time is already gone... talk to you later ! :-)