Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsd!sdcsvax!sequoya!bloch From: bloch@sequoya.ucsd.edu (Steve Bloch) Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets Subject: Re: Thanks Summary: but you're not alone Message-ID: <6083@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> Date: 9 Mar 89 00:48:09 GMT References: <32131@gt-cmmsr.GATECH.EDU> Sender: nobody@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu Reply-To: bloch@sequoya.UUCP (Steve Bloch) Distribution: usa Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 9 In article <32131@gt-cmmsr.GATECH.EDU> kirlik@hms3.gatech.edu (Alex Kirlik) writes: >WRT this point, the general reaction was that I was naive to think that >people take these models seriously at the level of units and neurons. But it's quite predictable that the general public WILL read things that way when you name your discipline "neural nets" and announce results in areas generally considered as universal human behaviour. "The above opinions are my own. But that's just my opinion." Stephen Bloch