← Back to context Comment by nkrisc 2 days ago If I shake some dice in a cup are they thinking about what number they’ll reveal when I throw them? 5 comments nkrisc Reply danielbln 2 days ago If I take a plane apart and throw all the parts off a cliff, will they achieve sustained flight?If I throw some braincells into a cup alongside the dice, will they think about the outcome anymore than the dice alone? kortex 2 days ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence shawabawa3 2 days ago that depends, if you explain the rules of the game you're playing and give the dice a goal to win the game, do they adjust the numbers they reveal according to the rules of the game?If so, yes, they're thinking brendoelfrendo 2 days ago As someone who plays a lot of Dungeons and Dragons, it sure feels like the dice are thinking sometimes. nkrisc 2 days ago The rules of the game are to reveal two independent numbers in the range [1,6].
danielbln 2 days ago If I take a plane apart and throw all the parts off a cliff, will they achieve sustained flight?If I throw some braincells into a cup alongside the dice, will they think about the outcome anymore than the dice alone?
shawabawa3 2 days ago that depends, if you explain the rules of the game you're playing and give the dice a goal to win the game, do they adjust the numbers they reveal according to the rules of the game?If so, yes, they're thinking brendoelfrendo 2 days ago As someone who plays a lot of Dungeons and Dragons, it sure feels like the dice are thinking sometimes. nkrisc 2 days ago The rules of the game are to reveal two independent numbers in the range [1,6].
brendoelfrendo 2 days ago As someone who plays a lot of Dungeons and Dragons, it sure feels like the dice are thinking sometimes.
If I take a plane apart and throw all the parts off a cliff, will they achieve sustained flight?
If I throw some braincells into a cup alongside the dice, will they think about the outcome anymore than the dice alone?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence
that depends, if you explain the rules of the game you're playing and give the dice a goal to win the game, do they adjust the numbers they reveal according to the rules of the game?
If so, yes, they're thinking
As someone who plays a lot of Dungeons and Dragons, it sure feels like the dice are thinking sometimes.
The rules of the game are to reveal two independent numbers in the range [1,6].