[ExI] Re-framing Innovation re Consciousness

[Keith Henson]

On Dec 30, 2007 5:58 PM,  <x at extropica.org> wrote:
> On 12/30/07, Harvey Newstrom <mail at harveynewstrom.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 30 December 2007 13:53, x at extropica.org wrote:
> > > Are you serious??  I see some interesting thinking but far from
> > > rigorous or precise.
> >
> > Did you not understand the question or the options?  Or did they seem vague
> > and ill-defined to you?  In what way were they un-rigorous or imprecise?  I'm
> > sure any specifics would be as helpful as answers to the queries in exploring
> > these topics.
>
> I personally found it *very* difficult to parse, but given your
> response and obvious sincerity, I will accept that I'm the exception.

I too find Natasha's words hard to parse.  It's almost a problem of
translating between languages. Worse the languages use the same words
for rather different meanings.  You simply can't assume the words mean
the same thing between an artist using them and an engineer.

Keith