Re: Demo: Modelling Cost of Travel Paths Between Towns

"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:q0tnd.640638$8_6.50961_at_attbi_s04...
> "Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4b45d3ad.0411191048.7589ad65_at_posting.google.com...
> > > Your belief [that thinking about how you think results in
understanding
> > > intelligence] is invalid. It's been tried many times; it doesn't work.
> >
> > Are you reading what you are writing?
>
> Damn straight. I'm quite confident in it as well. I first became
> aware of the impossibility of introspection as a valid tool
> for understanding the nature of intelligence while aquiring
> a degree in psychology from UC Berkeley, which I did
> on the side while also pursuing a computer science degree.
> Introspection (and intuition) fail even when applied to
> simple cognitive tasks.
>
> You brain is hardwired to present you with the belief that
> you know what's going on, and that your perception is
> valid. In cases where incomplete input is available, it
> actually makes stuff up on a best-guess basis and still
> presents it as fact. Anyone who ever saw a pretty girl
> at a distance that turned out to be a mailbox when you
> got close has experienced this phenomenon.
>
>
> Marshall
>
>

That explains insanity as well as XDb2. Received on Fri Nov 19 2004 - 21:55:31 CET