Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 08:28:43 05/12/02
Go up one level in this thread
On May 12, 2002 at 11:15:00, Albert Silver wrote: >On May 12, 2002 at 11:07:13, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On May 12, 2002 at 11:02:37, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>>On May 12, 2002 at 09:42:49, José Carlos wrote: >>> >>>> Well, you can't be sure about that. IMO, we humans are only programs. Very >>>>complex programs. >>> >>>Well, YOU can't be too sure about that either :) , but that's a topic for the >>>"other" forum here which I learned a long time ago is nothing but a waste of >>>time, where everything seemingly gets turned into a religious debate, and then >>>someone says Bobby Fischer is the real God and all hell breaks loose. So >>>debating this is probably a waste of time too. >>> >>>Russell >>> >>>> José C. >> >>What do you expect in a discussion about X when the people involved in the >>"discussion" don't even agree on the definition of X? Your assumption is correct >>- it's a waste of time. :) > >I think that's a very narrow way of viewing the forum. Its purpose is to allow >pretty much any topic to be discussed as opposed to the rather exclusive >subjects here. Naturally, you'll see all kinds and types answering, but just as >here when you see empassioned posts declaring a program or programmer to be bunk >without any genuine argumentation, one is free to ignore it. > > Albert > >> >>Sargon Um, I didn't say anything about the forum. With X I meant the term 'intelligent'. There are almost as many definitions/ideas about its meaning than there are people discussing about it. Naturally discussions go astray when the definition of terms discussed/used are not shared by the people who discuss it. That's all what I meant. Nothing against the forum or threads which don't belong here. Sargon
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.