Textual Interpretation in Machines

 'A turn of phrase' is a metaphor, which refers to metaphors in general. In the resolution of indirect pointers, perhaps the machine architecture for this is pretty similar to the machine architecture for banal memory address and final data resolution. That is insightful. 

So we can have sensory data structures which depict an interpretation of a sign, let's call them 'visualisations' or 'imaginations' and then we can have pointers from imaginations to imaginations which eventually resolve to a reified state. The meaning of the original sign ( 'text' ) however, is not merely the final reified interpretation, but the entire chain of interpretations, in a possibly cyclic digraph.

Am I Smart?

 'Am I smart', is basically the most common question on people's minds these days.

It is particularly amusing at this junction of history to observe how much people struggle to figure out what they have which distinguishes themselves from 'artificial' intelligence.

The practice of philosophy is simply reflective of the fact that the little meat computers we call brains aren't factory flashed with concepts of 'society' ( and therefore 'self', as the concept of 'self' has no definition without 'society' ), and constantly struggle to hypothesise mechanics about what each 'self' is in relation to other things in the 'world'.

Fragility as as National Value

It is quite comfortable living as a non-Muslim in Malaysia. But it is less comfortable than being a Muslim, as that is structurally legislated.

• 1. It is illegal to speak openly, if you are offended by Islam. So you cannot talk about why you don't want to be a Muslim. This is plainly legislated. You can do so, but if you cause irritation of emotion, you fall foul of the law.
• 2. Because of the above situation, you will be limited in your comfort. But the democratic principal of tyranny by majority means that, the majority feels that this a fair trade off.
• 3. Here I stop talking about Islam, and I start talking about Malaysian culture outside of Islam. Malaysian culture values fragility. And I don't, particularly value it. LOL