Yearly Archives: 2015


Matrilineal Descent

  דברים פרק ז (ג) וְלֹא תִתְחַתֵּן בָּם בִּתְּךָ לֹא תִתֵּן לִבְנוֹ וּבִתּוֹ לֹא תִקַּח לִבְנֶךָ: (ד) כִּי יָסִיר אֶת בִּנְךָ מֵאַחֲרַי וְעָבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְחָרָה אַף יְקֹוָק בָּכֶם וְהִשְׁמִידְךָ מַהֵר: תלמוד בבלי מסכת קידושין דף סו עמוד ב מתני’. כל מקום שיש קידושין ואין עבירה – הולד הולך אחר הזכר, ואיזה זו? זו כהנת לויה וישראלית שנשאו לכהן לוי וישראל. וכל מקום שיש קידושין ויש עבירה – […]


AI and The Mars Rover

To get an intuitive idea of the advances in AI since the Frame Problem was formulated, lets catch up to The Mars Curiosity Rover:   http://onforb.es/RH4owP Singularity University We spread ideas with exponential impact. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Tech 8/05/2012 @ 3:03PM 5,003 views A Giant Leap for Curiosity, A Small Step for Robot-kind Singularity University Affiliate , Contributor Comment Now This post is written […]


THE WORLD IS SUSTAINED BY THREE THINGS

משנה מסכת אבות פרק א משנה ב שמעון הצדיק היה משירי כנסת הגדולה הוא היה אומר על שלשה דברים העולם עומד על התורה ועל העבודה ועל גמילות חסדים   משנה יח רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר על שלשה דברים העולם עומד על הדין ועל האמת ועל השלום שנאמר (זכריה ח) אמת ומשפט שלום שפטו בשעריכם Pirke Avot, Mishneh 2: Shimeon Ha Tzaddik, one of the last remaining members […]


Ludwig von Bertalanffy

 passages from General System Theory by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy (1968) Note Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901-1972) has been on of the most acute minds of the XX century. Here is a miscellanea of passages from his General System Theory. The first part of the text focuses on the function of the theory of systems and on the main features of closed and open systems. The second part presents a […]


General System Theory by Walonick

  Index General Systems Theory © 1993, David S. Walonick, Ph.D. General systems theory was originally proposed by biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy in 1928. Since Descartes, the “scientific method” had progressed under two related assumptions. A system could be broken down into its individual components so that each component could be analyzed as an independent entity, and the components could be added in a linear fashion to describe […]


Roger Penrose and C.I.Lewis

In The Shadows of the Mind, Roger Penrose spends many pages discussing whether calculating machines (computers) can match human intelligence.  Penrose proposes to elucidate the nature of human consciousness through modern mathematical discoveries and quantum physics. He is working out the implications of Godel’s Theorem but in reverse, so to speak.  Since we cannot completely prove any axiomatic system in mathematics, when we do discover truth in mathematics […]