Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:25:16 04/28/00
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On April 28, 2000 at 11:36:58, KarinsDad wrote: >On April 28, 2000 at 07:25:41, stuart taylor wrote: > >[snip] >>> >>>Kid A says something outrageous to kid B. Kid B says, "I don't believe that." >>>Kid A says, "Well, prove me wrong then." This is an intellectual bullying >>>tactic, and it is unfair because it puts too much burden on kid B. Kid A hopes >>>that kid B will not be able to divert the burden back to kid A, where it >>>belongs, and therefore kid A's contention will stand, bugging the hell out of >>>kid B, and causing kid A to smile smugly. >>> >>>bruce >> >>A lovely description! You must have been knocked around a bit in life to see >>this so simply.(Kid A and B) Regarding the medicine idea, of course we are >>all looking for evidence either way. You compared computer and human to >>human and animal. But that is also not necesarily conclusive. >> Personally, I think that comp. vs. comp. should be quite near to comp. vs. >>human. You must also bear in mind the difference in psychological effect between >>one program and another. But the human learning function is extremely good! >>S.Taylor > > >Bruce has more than one child. These analogies are a piece of cake for him to >make. I only have one child. Thank goodness! > >KarinsDad :) Actually I was kid B a lot. My kids don't do this. If one of them tried to play kid A, whoever was kid B would just beat the hell out of him/her. bruce
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