Re: ality

From: Dace (edace@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Feb 27 2002 - 20:37:14 GMT

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    > Hi Dace -
    >
    > >Any data storage system ought to have a minimal level of accuracy far
    > >beyond that of human memory.
    >
    > No argument.
    >
    > But, who ever said that memory is a data storage system to bring it into
    > this comparison?
    >
    > - Wade

    It's the standard view. I'm not sure who first came up with the idea
    (Turing? Von Neumann?) , but it's now deeply ingrained in the modern
    outlook. So much so that to question it has become taboo.

    Ted

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