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From: greg@cs.hw.AC.UK (Greg Michaelson)
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Subject: Re: "The Knowledge"
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Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 04:57:45 EDT
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> "The Knowledge" is a test which London taxi drivers have to pass
> as part of the requirements of their profession. It is quite simply
> a question of learning the streets of a section of the capital.
> The method they employ is to go around the streets, learning as
> they go. They do not stare at a map. Some instruction is given in
> the classroom, however.
> To me, this highlighted the differences in the learning process,
> between a machine system and a human, rather well.

So why do so many people spend their leasure hours building electronic
mice which learn their way round mazes?