Category Archives: Mind And Computations

Rules

Mind and Computation1.0 Rules   What does it mean to tell someone exactly what to do?   Sixty years ago no one could give this query a plausible response. Now, however, we have agenerally accepted definition: a set of instructions is exact … Continue reading

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Stochastic and Quantum Computation

  When noise is added to the McCullough-Pitts network, it is no longer a Turing machine. It is astochastic computer — a computer which involves chance as well as the precise following ofinstructions. The error-ridden neural network is merely one … Continue reading

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Computational Complexity

    Computational complexity theory, also called algorithmic complexity theory, seeks to answertwo different kinds of questions: "How hard is this problem?", and "How effective is thisalgorithm at solving this problem?". A number of difficult issues are involved here, and it … Continue reading

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