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Are humans merely Turing complete? [closed]
Simply as stated in the question. Are humans merely Turing complete, or are we somehow "better" (or "worse") than a Turing complete machine? Why? How would one determine this?
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Is Bayesian updating computationally unfeasible?
Bayesian theory is a very popular theory of probabilities based upon a subjective framework of beliefs. However, subjects and beliefs have to be embodied, meaning to be feasible, it ought to be ...
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Convexity and efficient algorithms.
[Edit 21 July 2011: I edited the question to ask for more examples]
This question is asking for documented discussion of or more examples of a heuristic observation.
Some mathematical problems that ...
