| Music: Art of the Fugue by JS
Bach Well known for contrapunctals, and the last notes are Bach's name. Refer to the introduction in Godel Escher Bach for more information. |
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| Pedagogy: the study of how we learn. Neuron: represents the most primitive unit of thinking. Early AI researchers tried to equate this to a binary digit, but this ultimately split into two groups, robotics and cognitive scientists. One side believes that functions can be imitated but not thought/emotions, the other side believes that the brain is a meat machine. Refer to the opening chapter of Emile for ideas on thought branching. |
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| Rosetta Stone Represents three languages that say the same thing. Important for creating a bridge over translation barriers. |
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| Adam naming the animals Hailing from Genesis, Adam used words to take control over the animals by naming them. |
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| Circle of life |  |
| Linnaeus Created a hierarhical structure by which creatures can be categorized. Important notion when dealing with complex social systems. |
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| Babel If you cannot communicate, you cannot collaborate, and people become isolated and atomic. Also important: Breugel, the painter in question. Well known for his paintings of social interactions and attention to details. |
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| Enigma |  |
| Printing
Press Momaday A time when Dogs could talk |
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| SHRDLU Project by Terry Winograd at MIT in the 70s.Using language to attach attributes to objects, thus differentiating them from other objects. |
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| Shannon/Weaver communication model Demonstration that words are simple symbols, and the meaning of those words is actually retained in the person. This leads into concepts of perception (and miscommunication). Literary reference to Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. |
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| Sources of Information Glider from John Horton Conway's "Life" |
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| Comic and hexdump |  |
| Rosetta Stone with code |  |
| Turing Hilbert, Halting Problem, Godel |
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| Turing Machine The first computer |
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| Barriers, Magritte |  |
| Anamorphosis |  |
| Turtles all the way down This statement, taken from the opening of A Brief History of Time, is commonly attributed to a scene involving Bertrand Russel. More about this scene and exploration of the infinities can be found here |
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| Bridging the gap |  |
| Ollydbg vs IDA |  |
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| Tools References here to Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and Edgar Allen Poe's The Bells |
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| Ceci n'est une pipe by Rene Magritte |  |