AVR-Chat

On Saturday 07 August 2004 02:33, Graham Davies wrote:
> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Quinlan <kat-yahoo@k...> wrote:
> > Graham, Mate where can I start ...
>
> I'm more concerned about where it will end.
>
> > ... the customer is paying,
> > the investors are onboard ...
>
> But, apparently, they're not paying you. Yet. You will get paid if
> you can do something that has eluded the planet's best educational
> institutions (the MIT Artificial Inteligence Research Lab springs to
> mind) for decades.

Their minds may be too highly trained.

Seriously.

Prior knowledge and abilities can be a handicap as much as an aid
because all that "experience" prejudices what is perceived.

> > David Lawrence is actually a respected
> > Dr in the area of Neurophysiology (ie
> > the workings of the brain) ...

> Fair enough. But read what he has written on the subject of "Perfect
> Data". Note that he had to have "a few wines" before he could come up
> with the subject material. All he is doing is brainstorming (while
> drunk) on how "biological thinking" is different from the mechanistic
> processes of computers. He isn't saying it's desirable, useful or
> possible in the way John Dowling wants to suggest. He probably thinks
> John Dowling is a total jerk or doesn't know enough about computer
> technology to have an opinion. He certainly does't seem to
> endorse "Perfect Data" in any way.

> In John Dowling's own paper, he quotes a representative of
> the "Computer Industry Establishment" as saying "This is really just
> a Star Schema Database. I suggest you read a textbook John". He seems
> to think that the scorn of the establishment proves that he is onto
> something. Who does he think he is, Galileo?

Maybe he has trouble in expressing his concepts in language that
you, and others skilled in the art can understand. That's the real
problem created by too many specialists and jargon; and not enough
individuals who _understand_ the concepts of disparate disciplines.

NB: I don't wish to add to the credibility of the "Perfect Data"
thingy. Just venturing a guess as to why it may look like a hoax.

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