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Guerrilla ontologist. Psychedelic magician. Outer head of the Illuminati. Quantum psychologist. Sit-down comic/philosopher. Discordian Pope.

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John Von Neumann

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29:18

…industrial civilization. The agricultural civilizations that survived were colonies of the industrial civilizations. Around 1950 and 1948 John Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer and I often think that's why we're all alive today. Von Neumann

29:27

…1950 and 1948 John Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer and I often think that's why we're all alive today. Von Neumann was one of the great minds of the 20th century. He invented quantum logic, which I consider one of the greatest…

30:22

…we didn't need the moving line and so we got an either or logic, either true or false without anything in between. Von Neumann invented the first three valued logic in the western world, which is equivalent to the moving line in the Yi Jing, and that…

34:17

…So you pay your money and you take your choice you can believe quantum mechanics or you can believe common sense. Von Neumann decided not to believe either quantum mechanics as it was then understood or common sense. He proposed that the universe has…

35:36

…that wonderful insight or confusing physicists thoroughly with that bit of obfuscation, whichever way you want to look at it, Von Neumann went on to design the first programmable computer as I said, ushered in the information age and he also invented game…

36:22

…think you've got something in your hand that you don't have in your hand at all. You see the analogies and after Von Neumann was through developing mathematical game theory to cover business he discovered that it fits war games too. As a matter of fact…

36:35

…business he discovered that it fits war games too. As a matter of fact the word war games comes directly out of Von Neumann, and so they started programming computers to solve war games. They fight wars on computers instead of fighting them with us and…

36:57

…that's why we're all alive here tonight because when you use Von Neumann's game theory with the computers that grew out of the Neumann Revolution and you feed in a scenario to a computer and you ask a kind of question that somebody like ollie north or…

37:38

…keep postponing the nuclear war and that's why we're all still alive. You never realized you were alive because of John Von Neumann did you? After Von Neumann invented the programmable computer, another mutation occurred and we entered a new stage of…

37:42

…that's why we're all still alive. You never realized you were alive because of John Von Neumann did you? After Von Neumann invented the programmable computer, another mutation occurred and we entered a new stage of evolution which we call the information…

49:57

…every year and so on it's moving faster and faster. Its knowledge is probably doubling every couple of years now. The Von Neumann Computer about which I was waxing so lyrical a few moments ago is already becoming obsolete. The Von Neumann Computer is a…

50:06

…years now. The Von Neumann Computer about which I was waxing so lyrical a few moments ago is already becoming obsolete. The Von Neumann Computer is a linear sequential device and can only think about one thing at a time. If your brain operated like a…

50:15

…Computer is a linear sequential device and can only think about one thing at a time. If your brain operated like a Von Neumann Computer, you couldn't chew gum and walk across the street at the same time. You'd have to stop chewing gum before you could…

50:31

…the street. You couldn't remember a movie and eat your food at the same time if your brain was a Von Neumann Computer. The human brain does hundreds and sometimes thousands of processes simultaneously and that is beginning to happen with the connection…

6:10

…living as a weather forecaster or a meteorologist discovered that one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century, John Von Neumann, was working at predicting weather with computers. Von Neumann I have always considered the man who prevented world war…

6:18

…one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century, John Von Neumann, was working at predicting weather with computers. Von Neumann I have always considered the man who prevented world war iii. First of all he invented the mathematical theory of games…

6:44

…it could be applied to war. By then he got lost interest in game theory and got interested in computers and John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer. Before Von Neumann they used to put a computer together to do a particular problem and…

6:50

…got lost interest in game theory and got interested in computers and John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer. Before Von Neumann they used to put a computer together to do a particular problem and then take it apart when they wanted to…

36:50

…until I wake up. The same year that Kaczynski published his probabilistic logic in a book called science and sanity. John Von Neumann Anybody remember him? I was talking about him a little while ago. He designed the first programmable computer and invented…

37:18

…suggested a three valued logic but he realized aristotelian two valued logic wouldn't work. This was on a book on quantum physics by Von Neumann. Instead of yes and no he gave us three choices: yes no and maybe he represented yes by one, no by zero and…

Lecture 19874 mentions
40:36

…So the second wave seems to have happened in centuries where the first wave happened in millenniums. Then the third wave began. John Von Neumann, to whom we owe our existence, John Von was descended from the rabbi of, I suppose an audience like this a…

41:15

…no which most people have never heard of but there is such a place as we will see tomorrow. John Von Neumann Besides inventing quantum logic invented mathematical game theory. Mathematical game theory shows how to calculate strategic moves mathematically and…

41:40

…to war, to the analysis of possible conflict situations including wars right up to the nuclear level. And then Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer. Very few people realize that Von invented the first programmable computers and uses Von…

43:45

…the federal system yet but they're roping their way to it. And andola, using information theory as developed by Von Neumann and Shannon and wiener and others and early psychonetic theoreticians, using information theory, andola started to calculate how much…

1:17:47

…I think what has kept them, if we must talk that way, what has kept them from blowing us up is John Von Neumann. John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer and then he invented game theory, mathematical game theory which he then showed…

1:17:50

…what has kept them, if we must talk that way, what has kept them from blowing us up is John Von Neumann. John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer and then he invented game theory, mathematical game theory which he then showed could be I…

1:19:18

…I think what has kept them, if we must talk that way, what has kept them from blowing us up is John Von Neumann. John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer and then he invented game theory, mathematical game theory which he then showed…

1:19:21

…what has kept them, if we must talk that way, what has kept them from blowing us up is John Von Neumann. John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer and then he invented game theory, mathematical game theory which he then showed could be. I…

47:07

…Christ got a lot of mystical connotations. In 1933 the atom was Split for the first time. King Kong was released and John Von Neumann and Alfred Korzybski in two separate books both suggested that we need to think in maybes, that either ors just do not…

47:26

…our experience. Von Neumann's book was called quantum mechanics and Korzybski's book was called science and sanity, and Von Neumann just suggested we needed three valued logic in quantum mechanics. Everything in quantum mechanics can't reduce to an either…

1:26:15

…even a penny isn't limited by aristotelian logic. It goes into a maybe state before it arrives finally at heads or tails John Von Neumann was the first one to suggest that the way to discuss quantum mechanics was in terms of a three valued logic: yes,…

1:26:15

…even a penny isn't limited by aristotelian logic. It goes into a maybe state before it arrives finally at heads or tails. John Von Neumann was the first one to suggest that the way to discuss quantum mechanics was in terms of a free valued logic. Yes…

1:31:19

…they might be able to communicate better. I don't know if either Reagan or Andropov bothered studying Poe. Poe is just like Von Neumann Yes no and maybe Poe teaches you to regard most questions as yes no and Poe Instead of forcing everything into either…

36:28

…industrial civilization. The agricultural civilizations that survived were colonies of the industrial civilizations. Around 1950 and 1948 John Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer, and I often think that's why we're all alive today. Von Neumann

36:39

…1950 and 1948 John Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer, and I often think that's why we're all alive today. Von Neumann was one of the great minds of the 20th century. He invented quantum logic, which I consider one of the greatest…

37:34

…we didn't need the moving line and so we got an either or logic, either true or false without anything in between. Von Neumann invented the first three valued logic in the western world which is equivalent to the moving line in the I Ching, and that…

41:33

…So you pay your money and you take your choice you can believe quantum mechanics or you can believe common sense. Von Neumann decided not to believe either quantum mechanics as it was then understood, or common sense. He proposed that the universe has…

42:52

…that wonderful insight or confusing physicists thoroughly with that bit of obfuscation in whichever way you want to look at it Von Neumann went on to design the first programmable computer as I said, ushered in the information age and he also invented game…

43:38

…think you've got something in your hand that you don't have in your hand at all. You see the analogies and after Von Neumann was through developing mathematical game theory to cover business he discovered that it fits war games too. As a matter of fact,…

43:51

…business he discovered that it fits war games too. As a matter of fact, the word war games comes directly out of Von Neumann, and so they started programming computers to solve war games. They fight wars on computers instead of fighting them with us. And…

44:18

…why we're all alive here tonight. Because when you use Von Neumann's game theory with the computers that grew out of the Von Neumann Revolution and you feed in a scenario to a computer and you ask a kind of question that somebody like ollie north or…

44:59

…keep postponing the nuclear war and that's why we're all still alive. You never realized you were alive because of John Von Neumann did you? After Von Neumann invented the programmable computer, another mutation occurred and we entered a new stage of…

45:09

…that's why we're all still alive. You never realized you were alive because of John Von Neumann did you? After Von Neumann invented the programmable computer, another mutation occurred and we entered a new stage of evolution which we call the information…

57:33

…published every year and so on it's moving faster and faster. Knowledge is probably doubling every couple of years now. The Von Neumann Computer about which I was waxing so lyrical a few moments ago is already becoming obsolete. The Von Neumann Computer is…

57:41

…years now. The Von Neumann Computer about which I was waxing so lyrical a few moments ago is already becoming obsolete. The Von Neumann Computer is a linear sequential device and can only think about one thing at a time. If your brain operated like a…

57:50

…Computer is a linear sequential device and can only think about one thing at a time. If your brain operated like a Von Neumann Computer, you couldn't chew gum and walk across the street at the same time. You'd have to stop chewing gum before you could…

58:06

…the street. You couldn't remember a movie and eat your food at the same time if your brain was a Von Neumann Computer. The human brain does hundreds and sometimes thousands of processes simultaneously and that is beginning to happen with the connection…

1:03:11

…but I just suspect it. Well the best guide to corporate behavior is the theory of games and economic behavior by John Von Neumann and Oscar Morgenstern, and that's a mathematical theory of conspiracy. It shows that within a capitalist system a zero sum…

1:03:37

…people who are trying to find out the truth and prevent anybody else from finding out the truth. So mathematically, Von Neumann never used the word conspiracy, but he proved that capitalism is innately conspiratorial the same way poker is. You win in…

40:42

…civilization and a few pockets of hunting and but by and large the world had been industrialized. Whom we owe our existence? John Von Neumann was descended from the rabbi of Prague. I suppose in an audience like this a lot of people are aware of that.…

40:50

…Von Neumann was descended from the rabbi of Prague. I suppose in an audience like this a lot of people are aware of that. Von Neumann was the mathematician at MIT who was in the habit of saying when he wrote an, that boys we'll be talking about a lot…

41:15

…no which most people have never heard of but there is such a place as we will see tomorrow. John Von Neumann Besides inventing quantum logic invented mathematical game theory. Mathematical game theory shows how to calculate strategic moves mathematically and…

41:40

…to war, to the analysis of possible conflict situations including wars right up to the nuclear level and then Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer. Very few people realize that Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer but he did.…

41:44

…up to the nuclear level and then Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer. Very few people realize that Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer but he did. He called it maniac, multiple analyzer numerical integrator and computer. That…

43:45

…a federal system yet but they're roping their way to it and andola, using information theory as developed by Von Neumann and Shannon and wiener and others, early early cybernetic theoreticians, using information theory, andola started to how much knowledge…

1:35:22

…REST of the universe, because the equations all involve one another in ways that has an infinite regress built into it. John Von Neumann in 1933 pointed out that to get rid of quantum indeterminacy by adding further instruments, every instrument you add to…

36:00

…we had eight jesus. By 1950 it had doubled again and we had 16 jesus. By then the computer revolution was beginning. John Von Neumann had designed the first programmable computer in 48. By 1960 knowledge had doubled again and we had 32 j. By 1967,…

1:18:39

…I think what has kept them, if we must talk that way, what has kept them from blowing us up is John Von Neumann. John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer and then he invented game theory, mathematical game theory which he then showed…

1:18:41

…has kept them, if we must talk that way, what has kept them from blowing us up is John Von Neumann. John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer and then he invented game theory, mathematical game theory which he then showed could be applied…

TSOG Interview3 mentions
1:00

…Abdul Alhazred the sog anomicon. He wrote that over a thousand years ago in prophecy. Maybe logic was invented by John Von Neumann in 1933. Von Neumann is the unappreciated genius of modern science. Scientists appreciate him but the general public I don't…

1:04

…anomicon. He wrote that over a thousand years ago in prophecy. Maybe logic was invented by John Von Neumann in 1933. Von Neumann is the unappreciated genius of modern science. Scientists appreciate him but the general public I don't think has ever heard of…

2:07

…true or false they're just maybes. I think maybe logic is probably the greatest invention of the 20th century. Of course Von Neumann had a lot of competition. Kaczybski offered an infinite valued logic in which between yes and no, we've got an infinite…

6:09

…living as a weather forecaster or a meteorologist discovered that one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century John Von Neumann was working at predicting weather with computers. Von Neumann I have always considered the man who prevented world war…

6:17

…that one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century John Von Neumann was working at predicting weather with computers. Von Neumann I have always considered the man who prevented world war iii. First of all he invented the mathematical theory of games…

6:44

…proved it could be applied to war. By then he lost interest in game theory and got interested in computers, and John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer. Before Von Neumann they used to put a computer together to do a particular problem…

6:50

…he lost interest in game theory and got interested in computers, and John Von Neumann designed the first programmable computer. Before Von Neumann they used to put a computer together to do a particular problem and then take it apart when they wanted to…

36:50

…until I wake up. The same year that korshivsky published his probabilistic logic in a book called science and sanity John Von Neumann Anybody remember him? I was talking about him a little while ago. He designed the first programmable computer and invented…

37:18

…suggested a three valued logic but he realized aristotelian two valued logic wouldn't work. This was on a book on quantum physics by Von Neumann. Instead of yes and no he gave us three choices yes no and maybe he represented yes by one, no by zero and…

40:14

…by the experimental method. And the fourth way of looking at quantum mechanics is quantum logic which was invented by John Von Neumann. Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer. The whole computer revolution is largely due to Von Neumann. He also…

40:17

…And the fourth way of looking at quantum mechanics is quantum logic which was invented by John Von Neumann. Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer. The whole computer revolution is largely due to Von Neumann. He also invented the mathematical…

40:22

…invented by John Von Neumann. Von Neumann invented the first programmable computer. The whole computer revolution is largely due to Von Neumann. He also invented the mathematical theory of games which is used in the war game computers. I think the reason…

40:30

…theory of games which is used in the war game computers. I think the reason we're all here is because of Von Neumann. Because with his theory of games they learned how to predict various war game situations and with the computers they could run…

41:00

…So they go back and do some more experiments and I think that's why we're all still here. So I think John Von Neumann was the buddha of the 20th century. But besides inventing programmable computers and mathematical game theory he invented quantum logic…

41:50

…either dead or alive and it's rather confusing that quantum mechanics says the cat is both dead and alive. According to Von Neumann the answer to that and all the other paradoxes and indeterminacies is that the universe has three states: yes no and maybe.…

42:04

…odd thing is I've been thinking that way all my life and I always thought I was a freak until I discovered John Von Neumann put it into mathematics. We've been hypnotized so much by logicians that most people really believe that things are in either the…

43:34

…or no they give you a percentage. What's the probability that this course will be profitable? I seem to be arguing for Von Neumann and I was trying to be objective about all these schools of quantum mechanics. No I definitely lean toward the Von Neumann

43:40

…Von Neumann and I was trying to be objective about all these schools of quantum mechanics. No I definitely lean toward the Von Neumann thing. I think the universe is in the three states yes no and maybe and that most of our insanity, cultural prejudices…