Real world dyslogic
Still thinking about the dyslogic and dysphilosophy and dysEVERYTHING of THE GUIDANCE.

Polistra has been thinking for a long time about Real World Math. Practical math problems nearly always mix discrete CHOICES or THRESHOLDS with analog NUMBERS. You can see this most clearly in income tax calculations. Multiply line 3 by .95; if this is greater than line 7a, put 43% of line 13 on line 27 and subtract the smaller of line 32 and half of line 19b.

Math SHOULD be able to handle things like this in a formula, but it can't. Nearly all real-world situations work this way, because this is how our brain works. Elections, tournament brackets, income tax, payroll, shopping, cooking. All involve a mix of discrete binary decisions and analog math, sequenced in such a way that the analog and binary parts can't be 'factored out'. You have to run the procedure completely, in the correct order.

You can handle these situations well enough in a program, but modern computers don't make it easy to get into program mode. [Oddly enough, the earliest IBM PCs and TRS80s and Applesatan IIs made this type of calculation easy. As soon as the computer was on, you were in Basic, where you could immediately do real-world math.]

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Okay, then, how about Real World Logic? THE GUIDANCE breaks the boundaries of simple symbolic logic, just as it breaks all other boundaries.

In plain logic or digital gates you have four simple functions:

AND, OR, XOR, IMPLIES.

Each has a perfectly defined truth table. When you evaluate x AND y, the result or output is TRUE when BOTH x AND y are TRUE. The output is FALSE for the other three possibilities.

What is the truth function of THE GUIDANCE?

PREVENT THE DETERMINATION OF TRUTH.

As long as the circuit or program or organism remains uncertain and confused, everything is fine. Any attempt by the circuit or program or organism to settle on TRUE or FALSE immediately BURNS UP THE CIRCUIT. Shuts down the computer. Kills or imprisons the human organism.



This requires monitoring the output of every circuit, which is typical in a tyranny. Applesatan has generously provided this monitoring by addicting everyone to constant texting and selfies. A tyrant's dream. Turning humans into squid, with all thoughts visible on a handy screen.

The PREVENT TRUTH function can't be placed into symbolic logic for Gödelish reasons, but it can be shown in a program. It would look something like this in Python:

#=========================================================
import os
import random
T=1.0
F=0.0

PossibleStates= [0.0, 0.05, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.30, 0.35, 0.40, 0.45,
0.50, 0.55, 0.60, 0.65, 0.70, 0.75, 0.80, 0.85, 0.90, 0.95, 1.00]

#=========================================================

def OrganismAnd(in1, in2):
    if     (in1==F) and (in2==F): return F
    elif   (in1==T) and (in2==F): return F
    elif   (in1==F) and (in2==T): return F
    elif   (in1==T) and (in2==T): return T
    else:  return None
# end function

#=========================================================
# Main Loop

while 1:
    in1=random.choice(PossibleStates)
    in2=random.choice(PossibleStates)
    output = OrganismAnd(in1,in2)

    if   output == T:
        print in1,in2,"shutdown" # os.system.shutdown()
        break
    elif output == F:
        print in1,in2,"shutdown" # os.system.shutdown()
        break
    else:
        print in1,in2,"Okay"     # keep going
        continue
# end while

#=========================================================

This program has one neuron-like function, labeled 'Organism AND'. This simulates an AND-gate neuron that can distinguish uncertainty from certainty. When both of its inputs are exactly FALSE it says FALSE. When one is TRUE and the other is FALSE, it says FALSE. When both are exactly TRUE it says TRUE. Those outputs are standard AND responses. The function also handles uncertainty. When either input is between TRUE and FALSE, it gives an uncertain answer. ('None' in Python is the NULL value.)

The main loop below the function simply feeds the Organism a set of random inputs, simulating the various experiences of life. I've restricted the 'variety' of these random inputs to 20 steps from FALSE to TRUE so it reaches a conclusion in a satisfyingly short amount of time. (About one second for each run.)

When the main loop gets an indefinite response from the Organism, it keeps going. No problem. When it gets a definite TRUE or FALSE from the organism, it shuts down.

Note that this little program doesn't REALLY shutdown the computer; it just ends its own life. But you could decomment those lines.

Labels: Natural law = Sharia law, Real World Math

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