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From: eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene Miya N.)
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Subject: Re: Goal of AI: where are we going?
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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Summary: human perception and cognition

In article <578@louie.udel.EDU> montgome@udel.EDU (Kevin Montgomery) writes:
>>> In article <2281@umn-cs.UUCP>, ramarao@umn-cs.UUCP (Bindu Rama Rao) writes:
>>> > 	Is the Human mind flawed?
>C'mon guys, lighten up for a sec.  Flawed implies a defect from it's
>design.  Therefore, if someone's mind doesn't do what it's designed

Having read the postings which followed this, consider that the human eye
has many blind spots, the largest where the optic nerve is and many
smaller ones.  The ear isn't perfect either.  Also consider how we can
be fooled by Necker illusions, visual, verbal, auditory, etc.  Flawed
many be too strong a word.  Is the greater "mind" be flawed if it's
components and inputs are "flawed?"  I prefer the "Just is" hypothesis. 

On emotions: you may have something there, but AI people are not the people
to answer that question.  A fellow I corresponded with on AI-Digest a
while noted he had a difficult time writing a Social Worker expert
system.  Harder to dish out artificial compassion than artificial
Discrimination.

From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:

--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Research Center
  eugene@ames-aurora.ARPA
  "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?"
  "Send mail, avoid follow-ups.  If enough, I'll summarize."
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