Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!enuxha!coven From: coven@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (H. Justin Coven) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: AI genealogy Summary: We are not slow witted! Keywords: genealogy Message-ID: <2571@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> Date: 12 Mar 91 06:42:38 GMT References: Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Lines: 24 Your genealogy process is rather obnoxious. It appears as if you are basing credibility of AI work on proper parentage. It insults a great number of individuals. I certainly hope there are many who have ideas from places other than their advisors, otherwise we are a rather slow witted bunch. I believe your interest in words used by different groups is but a guise to hide behind, otherwise you would be looking more in depth in subfields of linguistics. Likewise trying to clothe "genealogy" as history of science is also a guise. Determing how succesful ideas are passed on is rather subjective. Choosing what are succesful ideas; are thought processes taught; are projects passed; are contacts and facilities passed on; do the best inate students just gravitate to the best sources of information; is the field stagnant because there are no original thinkers seperate from their advisors (if so why is this true). As you can see your original genealogy question touches upon many subjective and controversial points. Justin Coven Arizona State University coven@enuxva.eas.asu.edu