Re: Naive, possibly silly question

From: Thomas G. Marshall (tgm2tothe10thpower_at_hotmail.replaceTextWithNumber.com)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 05:04:58 GMT

Richard MacDonald <macdonaldrj@worldnet.att.net> coughed up the following:

...[ker-clunk]...

> While we're baring our souls, I'm a fan of Hofstadter's most recent
> book(*): Take something small and do it well, rather than tackle
> something big and do it half-ass.

Dougie at it again, eh? Well taking something small certainly wasn't his
notion with his ever honored GEB. He took a huge topic, added two more to
it, and exposed the glue between them. At least that was the theory. I
felt that GEB read as 3 separate books in one, no glue. I liked the
stories.

> And I've found nothing to topple
> Roger Penrose. Unfortunately, I can only be a bystander in this great
> endeavor. Got any favorite links to share for the interested reader?

If you ever get interested in Artificial Life (AL), the half cousin twice
removed of AI, then I got a few.

>
> (*)
> http://www.dealtime.com/xMDS-Fluid-Concepts-and-Creative-Analogies--Compu
> ter-Models-of-the-Fundamental-Mechanisms-of-Thought~PD-4121596800

If you're gonna look stuff up, use a /real/ book searcher :) :
http://www.bublos.com/cgi-bin/cc.bublobot?look=&isbn=0465024750&sbox2=Submit&geog=us&timer=20