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From: marty1@houdi.UUCP (M.BRILLIANT)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: analysis of unknown data
Message-ID: <1014@houdi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 11:40:49 EST
Article-I.D.: houdi.1014
Posted: Fri Mar  6 11:40:49 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Mar-87 08:47:14 EST
References: <5681@mimsy.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
Lines: 16
Keywords: statistics; pattern recognition; signal processing; content analysis
Summary: Is it possible to do anything systematic without assumptions?

In article <5681@mimsy.UUCP>, dave@mimsy.UUCP (Dave Stoffel) writes:
>     What systematic methods and techniques would you apply to the
>     following problem?
> 
>     Determine the representation, organization, and content of a
>     "file" containing up to 156MB.  There are no assumptions....

I thought that would be impossible.  Theoretically, I would think that
if there are no assumptions there can be no reasoning.  In fact, there
are always tacit assumptions that even the author isn't aware of.  If
I'm wrong, please post to the net, as I imagine there are others as
naive as I am.

M. B. Brilliant					Marty
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