Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 02/17/05
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:24:40 GMT
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:45:59 -0500, "robert j. kolker"
<nowhere@nowhere.net> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>Lester Zick wrote:
>
>>
>> Time, tide, and engineers wait for no man. Computers were made of
>> vacuum tubes before transistors. Apparently they can be made of Tinker
>> Toys. All engineers needed were the ideas of Turing and von Neumann.
>> They didn't stand around waiting for QM to decide what it had which it
>> still hasn't.
>
>That is not the issue. The invention of transistors required the quantum
>theory of solids.
I'm not sure what you think the issue is, Bob. You seem to think
engineers needed QM to compute. They didn't and don't. They only need
quantum effect insights to compute faster. That's not a qualitative
issue.
>High speed computers which operator in the megaflop range required
>semi-conductor switchs. It cannot be done with tinker toys or vacuum tubes.
And maybe Tinker Toys are an accurate model of transistors.
Regards - Lester
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