Posts by TJohnson

I first became familiar with Bertrand Russell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell because of his massive philosophical writings. My introduction to his logical ideas started with his book about language, An Inquiry Into Meaning…

Exodus 32:9 “I have seen these people,” the LORD said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people." We certainly have our minds made up about a lot of things…

Imagine that you are one of the ancient machines responsible for experimenting with lifeforms, and you look up at the sky and see a cloud shaped like a bunny rabbit.…

DNA - Wikipedia What is the controlling program that interprets the DNA data and builds the appropriate organ variation? Homunculus - Wikipedia Next Chapter - Playdough Laboratory

The devices discussed so far have been silicon-based. Silicon has a limited number of compounds that it can form because of its atomic structure. Carbon, on the other hand, is…

The is really no reason for this network of thinking machines to do anything more than share information, create stories, animals, plants, and thinking, moving "beings" entirely in their minds.…

the ability to take action or to choose what action to take. AGENCY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary The Earth has existed for over 4 and a half billion years. When first formed, millions of volcanoes…

As Barbra Streisand said in Yentl when asked if she was pensive. "No, I was just thinking". Consciousness is one of the more straightforward steps in creating a sentient mechanical…

Truth table - Wikipedia Venn diagram - Wikipedia Software Algorithm - Wikipedia Pattern recognition - Wikipedia Random walk - Wikipedia Infinite loop - Wikipedia Next Chapter - Turing Machine

Dynamic Functions The logic gates we have presented so far are static. The output reflexes the state of the input pins. This is significant but does not allow a controlled…

Data is a fickle thing. Signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio - Wikipedia. In addition to trying to determine which part of a signal is useable, other factors can make the output unreliable. Hardware…

Engineered Solution This is a personal story about solving an engineering problem using logic rather than waiting for evolution to find an answer using trial and error. In the late…

We have shown that digital logic can be used to create outputs based on detected physical states of matter. It also can be used directly to alter the environment. An…

Digital Logic Gates using Water Flow Before we begin describing any electrical aspects of the mountain, let's look at the characteristics of the two rivers. River A flows hidden from…

We are going to begin our quest to build a synthetic mind by listing some methods used by nature to perceive the environment Sensor - Wikipedia. The detection of a…

Blog Organization This blog is a series of posts outlining the building blocks necessary for nature to build its own computer without any biological help. It will posit scenarios that…

I Think Therefore I Think I can remember the first time I was really upset that someone unknown to me died. I was probably about 13. It was a fictional…