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* Only with the creation of [[Quantum Information Theory]] have we found a way to absolute assure that the two sides of a communication link can be definitively identified. | * Only with the creation of [[Quantum Information Theory]] have we found a way to absolute assure that the two sides of a communication link can be definitively identified. | ||
| − | * Just as in Classical Physics, we can only approximate the identity of object that | + | * Just as in Classical Physics, we can only approximate the identity of an object that appears on a communications link. Our task is to find some comparison using data presented with known data to be able to have any assurance that the object presented at one time is the same as that that was originally registered as present. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category: Philosophy]] | [[Category: Philosophy]] | ||
Revision as of 11:38, 7 October 2022
Full Title or Meme
The concept of Object Permanence is not naturally part of any system of knowledge. It needs to be learned by any information processor, including every human being.
Concept
- Since the beginning of Philosophy the concept of object identity has been assumed to be a part of human understanding.
- Only when Jean Piaget bean to study how babies learn has the concept of Object Permanence actually been investigated.
- Piaget showed[1] that babies are at first confused at the "disappearance" of an adult behind a piece of paper, and surprised and delighted at the return of the adult when the paper is snatched away. What exists at first is the "event" of the "disappearance" and the event of the "reappearance".
- With the introduction of Relativity by Einstein the very existence of objects like electrons and protons has become something that can only be deduced from the events that we can measure.
Problems
- Assigning some sort of Identifier to any object when it is first seen and then reassigning that same Identifier to an object that reappears assumes the Object Permanence. But this reassignment is a challenge when we have lots of objects that would like to impersonate the original.
Solutions
- Only with the creation of Quantum Information Theory have we found a way to absolute assure that the two sides of a communication link can be definitively identified.
- Just as in Classical Physics, we can only approximate the identity of an object that appears on a communications link. Our task is to find some comparison using data presented with known data to be able to have any assurance that the object presented at one time is the same as that that was originally registered as present.
References
- ↑ Jean Piaget, The construction of Reality in the Child (1954) Basic Books
