[MD] confused

Heather Perella spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 30 09:35:16 PST 2006


Ian,


     [Ian quoting here]
> "It often does more harm than good to force
> definitions on things we
> don't  understand. Only in logic and mathematics do
> definitions ever
> capture concepts perfectly. The things we deal with
> in practical life
> are usually too complicated to be represented by
> neat, compact
> expressions. Especially when it comes to
> understanding minds, we still
> know so little that we can't be sure our ideas about
> psychology are
> even aimed in the right directions. One must not
> mistake defining
> things for knowing what they are."
> Marvin Minsky - The Society of Mind - 1985

     
     Yep!
  
     A yellow-brown leaf falls,
          The wind stirs,
               It is getting cold!

     Define that!

Thanks,
Spiritual Adirondack


 
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