X-Message-Number: 8672 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #8657 - #8658 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:35:47 -0700 (PDT) Hi again! To John Pietrzak: Are we really disagreeing about anything or what? I won't argue with what you say you said in the past. OK, so you're happy with the use of neural nets. I would add, though, that when we look at what a neural net (or a human brain) actually does, it does not follow a pattern given by any definition or theory, but instead by a vague sense that one thing is close enough to another to be called the same. The definition and theories come later. The most interesting point, I'd say, is that this issue even occurs in adults: when we meet an experience for the first time, our response does not come from any theory or definition. That is, there are kinds of knowledge which can be included in theories but do come from theories at all. Best and long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8672