Thanks for a clear mind, Bruno. But isn't it obvious? We can "know" about what we don't know ONLY if we do know 'about it'. Copernicus did not know that he does not know radioactivity. Aristotle did not denigrate the linearity of QM because he did not know these items.
My 'firm' knowledge of my ignorance stems from earlier memory: I know (remember) not having learnt many things I would have needed later on (by laziness or lack of interest). Nowadays I find myself exposed to other items of my ignorance and feel "lazy" to start studying things I did not study at 21. Don't even have the time (?) and tutor (school) - plus: I have a suspicious (violent?) mind and start arguing instead of learning.
So I stay stupid (but happily so).
Have a good weekend you too
Machine John
PS For some (taste?) reasons I like 'organisation' - or 'organism' - better than 'machine', which carries a notion of a composition (contraption): structural and designed ingredients assembled for some purpose. "Loebian machine" is different, (I hesitate to call it 'unlimited' or
the questionable 'infinite') but the word is not. - J.
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From: Bruno Marchal
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Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: The Meaning of Life
Le 14-mars-07, à 20:51, John Mikes a écrit :
> I am not in favor of human omniscience.
The more a machine knows, the more she is able to see the bigness of
its ignorance.
Knowledge for lobian machine is really like a lantern in an infinite
room. The more powerful is the lantern, the more bigger the room seems
to be.
So I certainly agree with you. Meaning: perhaps we are both wrong!
Bon week-end,
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
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