Comments on: Serial thinking http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2008/03/serial-thinking/ Security, development and a bit of madness Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rengolin http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2008/03/serial-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-157 rengolin Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:58:16 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2008/03/11/serial-thinking/#comment-157 My intent was to open our minds and stop thinking linear, to use our chaotic hardware as we do constantly in our subconscious already. We're essentially simulating linearity in our chaotic brains and simulating chaos in our serial computers. Arthur C. Clarke's 2nd law of life: "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible." My intent was to open our minds and stop thinking linear, to use our chaotic hardware as we do constantly in our subconscious already.

We’re essentially simulating linearity in our chaotic brains and simulating chaos in our serial computers.

Arthur C. Clarke’s 2nd law of life:

“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”

]]> By: Tiago Luchini http://www.systemcall.org/blog/2008/03/serial-thinking/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Tiago Luchini Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:38:04 +0000 http://systemcall.org/2008/03/11/serial-thinking/#comment-158 It's a very romantic idea but it lies on the hypothesis that we will be able to design (with our linear though) something that replicates/recreates a chaotic layer of our reality. In other words, creating such a machine is only possible if our linear way of solving problems gives away to a chaotic non-deterministic way of solving problems. And this has to take place completely and not only partially or "simulated" as we frequently see. For some time already, I have deliberately made the decision that, in this realm, we might have simply reached the boundary. In order to jump over this limiting fence we need a gigantic leap onto the unknown. It’s a very romantic idea but it lies on the hypothesis that we will be able to design (with our linear though) something that replicates/recreates a chaotic layer of our reality.

In other words, creating such a machine is only possible if our linear way of solving problems gives away to a chaotic non-deterministic way of solving problems.

And this has to take place completely and not only partially or “simulated” as we frequently see.

For some time already, I have deliberately made the decision that, in this realm, we might have simply reached the boundary. In order to jump over this limiting fence we need a gigantic leap onto the unknown.

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