Thanks! All of that's fair enough. Indeed, "Because I was stuck, isolated, and bored" strikes me as as an entirely sufficient reason to try something like this. You could certainly do a lot worse. Like, say, actually watching any of those shows, eh?
Though I the limitation I'm trying to get at is one of kind, not degree, I think. The huma…
Thanks! All of that's fair enough. Indeed, "Because I was stuck, isolated, and bored" strikes me as as an entirely sufficient reason to try something like this. You could certainly do a lot worse. Like, say, actually watching any of those shows, eh?
Though I the limitation I'm trying to get at is one of kind, not degree, I think. The human mind perceives, expresses, experiences, and generates meaning in ways I believe are fundamentally irreducible to propositions. Human consciousness isn't algorithmic, and meaning is a function of consciousness.
This is, for example, why there can never be a truly definitive, single "correct" meaning of, say, any decent poem (though there can certainly be definitively incorrect ones!). Or why the same poem can mean different things to the same person at different times.
The same is true of all narratives, to a greater or lesser extent. And the better and more effectively these layers of meaning are constructed, the less effective algorithmic analysis becomes.
So if you are going to subject a large n of material to algorithmic analysis, kids shows are probably your best bet. They're typically a lot simpler and less multilayered than material targeted at adults, or even teenagers. Young children don't have enough experience to be able to comprehend subtlety to any helpful degree.
Thanks! All of that's fair enough. Indeed, "Because I was stuck, isolated, and bored" strikes me as as an entirely sufficient reason to try something like this. You could certainly do a lot worse. Like, say, actually watching any of those shows, eh?
Though I the limitation I'm trying to get at is one of kind, not degree, I think. The human mind perceives, expresses, experiences, and generates meaning in ways I believe are fundamentally irreducible to propositions. Human consciousness isn't algorithmic, and meaning is a function of consciousness.
This is, for example, why there can never be a truly definitive, single "correct" meaning of, say, any decent poem (though there can certainly be definitively incorrect ones!). Or why the same poem can mean different things to the same person at different times.
The same is true of all narratives, to a greater or lesser extent. And the better and more effectively these layers of meaning are constructed, the less effective algorithmic analysis becomes.
So if you are going to subject a large n of material to algorithmic analysis, kids shows are probably your best bet. They're typically a lot simpler and less multilayered than material targeted at adults, or even teenagers. Young children don't have enough experience to be able to comprehend subtlety to any helpful degree.