Re: [sl4] Is the Global Stockmarket a neural network?

From: Nick Tarleton (nickptar@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 14 2009 - 01:00:14 MDT


On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Roko Mijic <rmijic@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> 2009/3/11 Kaj Sotala <xuenay@gmail.com>
>
>> A "neural network" is a certain type of mathematical model. It's
>> pretty obvious that the stock market is not a neural network in any
>> sense that doesn't stretch the original term to the point of breaking.
>>
>
> But dude, this is the SL4 list! We're meant to make vague, speculative
> analogies that make for poor science and awful philosophy... right?
>

SL4 is dead; long live Less Wrong.

npt



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