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    1.1 Inspiration

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    2 Inspiration

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    • Relational databases:
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  • Brain (appears to have more than 3D dimensional design. Food for +
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    2.1 Brain

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    • Appears to have more than 3D dimensional design. Food for thought…) +
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      • From there comes following idea: Maybe every problem can be -translated to geometry (use any shapes and as many dimensions as -you need). Solution(s) to such problems would then appear as -relatively simple search/comparison/lookup results. As a bonus, -such geometrical *data storage* AND *computation* can be -naturally made in *parallel* and *distributed*. That's what -neurons in the brain appear to be doing ! :) . Learning means -building/updating the model (the hard part). Question answering -is making (relatively simple) lookups (geometrical queries) -against the model. +
      • Maybe every problem can be translated to geometry (use any shapes +and as many dimensions as you need). Solution(s) to such problems +would then appear as relatively simple search/comparison/lookup +results. As a bonus, such geometrical *data storage* AND +*computation* can be naturally made in *parallel* and +*distributed*. That's what neurons in the brain appear to be doing +! :) . Learning means building/updating the model (the hard +part). Question answering is making (relatively simple) lookups +(geometrical queries) against the model. +
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      • Mapping of hyperspace to traditional object-oriented programming +model: +
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        • Object is a point in space (universe). Each object member +variable translates to its own dimension. That is: if class +declares 4 variables for an object, then corresponding object +can be stored as a single point inside 4 dimensional +space. Variable values translate to point coordinates in +space. That is: Integer, floating point number and even boolean +and string can be translated to linear value that can be used as +a coordinate along particular dimension. +
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        • Each class declares its own space (universe). All class +instances (objects) are points inside that particular +universe. References between objects of different types are +hyperlinks (portals) between different universes.
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    3 Current status

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    • More or less defined Vision / goal.
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    • Collected some ideas. +
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    • Implemented very simple persistent key-value map.
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    3 TODO

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    4 See also

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    +Interesting or competing projects with good ideas: +

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