tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post5364591785611614170..comments2024-02-19T00:39:49.642-08:00Comments on We Alone on Earth: ConsensusMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-24145864852092619622010-08-30T14:33:13.954-07:002010-08-30T14:33:13.954-07:00This paper may provide some insight<a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7310/full/nature09205.html" rel="nofollow">This paper may provide some insight</a>Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-75421160565655075312010-08-27T20:52:15.265-07:002010-08-27T20:52:15.265-07:00anyway this is similar to a lot of "complexit...anyway this is similar to a lot of "complexity" speculation thats been floating around the internet lately. it would be really nice to get some rigorous treatment of these ideas. <br /><br />statistical physics<br />ant foraging models<br />neural networks<br />swarm theory<br /><br />all have some sort of rigorous analysis associated with them. <br /><br />what sort of properties wouldMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-21552105095880836252010-08-27T17:14:28.882-07:002010-08-27T17:14:28.882-07:00lets see...
so the last example of "how the ...lets see...<br /><br />so the last example of "how the brain makes decisions" that was explained to me boiled down to "brain generates multiple candidate actions, then weighs expected reward based on situation, and picks the best"<br /><br />what, if any, models of government, look like that ?Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-44271321043923441992010-08-27T16:48:51.614-07:002010-08-27T16:48:51.614-07:00er, sorry, my comment was pretty bitter and not in...er, sorry, my comment was pretty bitter and not insightful.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-26291911485332557332010-08-27T13:17:05.766-07:002010-08-27T13:17:05.766-07:00I'm not sure where this is going, because it h...I'm not sure where this is going, because it has some jargon that my sleep-deprived head can't quite parse.<br /><br />If you're trying to argue that a consensus based government is possible, thats going to be a serious uphill battle. <br /><br />We couldn't govern our co-op with 22 people by consensus. Different people were using different axiomatic beliefs for their reasoning. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.com