Periodic Tables

The tables which we're planning to use to represent levels of quality, development, progress, and other similar quantities are based on the Periodic Table of the Elements.

The core of the algorithm is the PeriodicObject. There's more details about how it'll be used in that topic.

Using the mind to examine itself is like science.... Just as physicists cannot see the atoms they talk about, psychologists can't watch the processes they try to examine. We only "know" such things through their effects.... [W]e cannot simply watch our minds by sitting still and waiting till our vision clears.... When introspection seems to work, it's not because we've found a magic way to see inside ourselves. Instead, it means that we've done some well-designed experiment.

— Marvin Minsky in The Society of Mind

The Periodic Table of the Elements

For our own reference, we're keeping a little periodic table here with links to elements:

Group IA?Group IIA?Group IIIB?Group IVB?Group VB?Group VIB?Group VIIB?Group VIIIB?Group VIIIB?Group VIIIB?Group IB?Group IIB?Group IIIA?Group IVA?Group VA?Group VIA?Group VIIA?Group Zero
HHHe
LiBeBCNOFNe
NaMgAlSiPSClAr
KCaScTiVCrMnFeCoNiCuZnGaGeAsSeBrKr
RbSrYZrNbMoTcRuRhPdAgCdInSnSbTeIXe
CsBa*HfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRn
FrRa**RfDbSgBhHsMtDsUuuUubUutUuqUupUuhUusUuo

*Lanthanide Series (see first row of the Rare Earth chart below)
**Actinide Series (see second row of the Rare Earth chart below)

Rare Earths

LanthanidesLaCePrNdPmSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLu
ActinidesAcThPaUNpPuAmCmBkCfEsFmMdNoLr

See also

— Scotus - 02 Jun 2001

Here are some external links for some excellent web-accessable periodic tables: