Being a computer engineer and after my introduction to computers in 1996, I have, since then, spent, on an average, 8-10 hrs daily with these mindlessly retarded, senselessly numb and mentally incompetent invention of humankind. The book-keeping equates, the time spent talking to computers, to approx.~39,420 hours from my limited lifetime. Not to mention the time spent dreaming about these computers during my initial years of fascination. off-lately these mind-paralyzed paraphernalia have become a nightmare(popping up every now and then with their deadlines), and, alas, this doesn't end here.
Although this sounds like a curse, it would be unjust not to reflect upon some of the positive aspects of my interactions with the ultimate invention.
I call this ultimate because I, personally, think all subsequent inventions will find their way only via these naturally unintelligent logic boxes. Some may disagree, as there is a school of thought, who consider that our belief in the present-day-logic is blinding us from the true reality.
The very important intuitive contribution to my awareness brought about by these binary idiots, is the differentiation between two aspects of my existence. The one aspect which is computable and the other which is non-computable. There are various different levels defined for consciousness between these two extremes, and this particular question is tackled by a separate stream of computer science now known as Emergence Theory.
To pursue meaning of computability, I'll refer to this masterpiece by Alan Turing. It has been one of my most favored antiques( which is also the foundation of computation as we know it) : http://readdle.com/s/1009943/40459.pdf
One of the very disturbing assumption( atleast for me ) in this document is the fact that human memory is necessarily limited.
Imagine This:
If human memory is limited, why all new-born infants( with presumably no-memory at all ) should cry? Are they all hard-wired to cry as soon as they are born? or do our memories extend beyond our known limits ?
