would it be possible to create a computer program that took all historical outcomes in to play and render decisions based on current events. ie. tell the future ?
discuss.
and yes I have been drinking
more along practical purposes like social engineering or foriegn relations
interesting, history repeats itself all the time. If theres one thing i got out of the histories of herotidus it\'s that the same things happen over and over again every couple of generations, especially wars. World war 1 and 2 were perfect examples: man goes off to fight. Next generation feels that it hasnt had a chance to prove itself like there fathers, so they want to fight. All the death of the past 2 generations creates a backlash and the following generation has groups of people who want nothing to do with war, and even though the countries continue to go to war, there are major protests at home. Eventually, the cycle will begin again (currently in progress) and major groups will again desire to go to war and the troops will be rallied. Their stories will inspire the following generation, which will want to prove themselves as much as the previous, and a new war will be created to remedy the desire. If not, they will riot against the government, which will weaken the infastructure. This will cause a different country to see a chance to overtake them, and now they are at war with no leadership and it goes on and on and on and on. At least as far back as the trojan war, this has pretty much been western civilizations style of living. I have not done that much research on eastern history, so I can\'t comment on it.
To all these people, I say the same thing I said to the army recruters in high school: Go read \'all quiet on the western front\'.
It would be cool, nevertheless. But I don\'t think it\'s possible. The problem with that is physcology and why people do things. People take risks, they miscalculate, the bluff, they do all sorts of things that end up changing history. A computer may be able to compile percentages and numbers, but it cannot put into play the human factor--such as bravery, and risks.
People knowingly do things that they know they most certainly will fail at--and yet they do it anyways.
With a computer program, it would look at the odds and say that\'s not possible.
see mayan calendar.
see psychedelic drugs
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didn\'t they have something like this in the hitchiker\'s guide to the galaxy? it\'s been a while.
see mayan calendar.
see psychedelic drugs
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didn\'t they have something like this in the hitchiker\'s guide to the galaxy? it\'s been a while.
I\'ve always wanted to read that book. Good read? I heard some good things about it.
see mayan calendar.
see psychedelic drugs
:lol:
didn\'t they have something like this in the hitchiker\'s guide to the galaxy? it\'s been a while.
I\'ve always wanted to read that book. Good read? I heard some good things about it.
ARE U SER? You can read it in like a couple hours if you can contain your laughter, if not a day or so. Go get it tomorrow.
maybe book 1, but there are 5 of them in the series. If you could read them in one day, I would be very impressed.
To add to that.....If a computer has a camera on it (it\'s eyes) and a microphone(ears) and can learn from it\'s mistakes (there are programs like chess that already do that) How long before a computer is smarter then us???
To add to that.....If a computer has a camera on it (it\'s eyes) and a microphone(ears) and can learn from it\'s mistakes (there are programs like chess that already do that) How long before a computer is smarter then us???
i\'ve had this conversation with my bass player before. i think a computer is already smarter than us. but when will a computer become conscious of itself? when this happens, will the human being be regarded as god by the computer? after all, we are their creator.
If History Tends to repeat itself...
this thread will die soon and be bumped in another 2 years.