Philosophy
I was talking to a colleague in another department yesterday when someone asked him for the code to the departmental photocopier. He said that he didn't know it, but then went over and entered it. When the person said he would really like the code himself, my colleague slowly tapped out the code and recreated the string of numerals. Years ago, my colleague was told the code and no doubt had it memorized at some point. But now, all that is used is the muscle memory. He knows that he can recreate the code at anytime, if need be, but that it takes a particular sort of effort to do so. So, before he reminds himself of the numerical string, given that he can use it but not transmit it, can it be said that he knows the copier code?
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Philosophy
Does Knowing How Imply Knowing?
I was talking to a colleague in another department yesterday when someone asked him for the code to the departmental photocopier. He said that he didn't know it, but then went over and entered it. When the person said he would really like the code himself, my colleague slowly tapped out the code and recreated the string of numerals. Years ago, my colleague was told the code and no doubt had it memorized at some point. But now, all that is used is the muscle memory. He knows that he can recreate the code at anytime, if need be, but that it takes a particular sort of effort to do so. So, before he reminds himself of the numerical string, given that he can use it but not transmit it, can it be said that he knows the copier code?
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No, it's Stuxnet, not Skynet... and you may have more reason to fear the former than the latter, at least if your name is not John Connor... Stuxnet seems to be the first super weapon made entirely out of code. Unlike conventional weapons, it doesn't...
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The modern world runs on computers, and the idea of modern computers owes its birth particularly to Alan Turing, a British polymath (philosopher, mathematician, computer science visionary, mathematical biologist, marathon runner, etc.) whose ideas would...
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"USC scientist, Swedish researchers decode 18th century document" Breaking the code on the Copiale Cipher revealed rituals and political views of a secret German society and its fascination with ophthalmology. Peers say the team's effort has led...
- Deceased--arthur D. Code
Arthur D. Code August 13th, 1923 to March 11th, 2009 "Arthur D. Code, pioneering space astronomer, dies" by Terry Devitt March 16th, 2009 University of Wisconsin--Madison News Arthur D. Code, whose lifelong love of the stars and the night sky led to...
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Gene Roddenberry...a cultural relativist [no absolutes]? It has been stated in many places that Gene Roddenberry embraced the varieties of all cultures that "[By the 23rd century, we] will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between...