måndag 1 december 2014

why you can't be both a scientist and an atheist (it is not what you think)

why you can't be both a scientist and an atheist (it is not what you think)


General artificial intelligenece is really a theory of science. Recent developments in general AI are spectacular. Marcus Hutter has formulated a general theory of optimal intelligence aka optimal scientific behavior or an optimal scientific method. It states that we should simulataneously consider all non-disproven theories but with different confidence for each (he calls it Epicures princip). There are several variants of theories of an existing "god" that hasn't been disproven. They must then be considered in one's actions but with a certain "confidence" ot belief which might be small depending on how you have built you theories.
It differs from tea-pot theories in the sense that there are humans that claim experiences consistent with the god theory but what I know not the tea-pot theories.
That is why god must be believed by every scientist however possibly with a very small confidence factor, depending on your heuristics.