Re: Logic Beat Feeling?

[Jeffrey Greenberg <jeffg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There was a movement in psychology called "introspection" (Wilner?) in which one
attempted to discern ones own psychological components through introspection.
It isn't science, to be sure.  In some sense, this is the same approach that is
often applied to 'expert systems', in which one creates representations of
thinking that one *guesses* are analogous or even identical to the what is
actually doing in thinking/feeling.  My question to you is why do you care about
what he thinks about how he thinks/feels?  After all, this method has not proven
fruitful in the past.

Secondly, just because he says "feeling" and you say "thinking", how do you know
you aren't actually talking about the same thing?  He may not have the language
of a programmer, but he plays well enough.

This is really a false duality in my opinion.  The game he is really playing is
one on you! 8-)

jeffrey greenberg

Robert Jasiek wrote:

> During a commentary at the EGC in Romania Saijo 8p claimed
> that computers can never understand go because there be
> too many variations and shortcuts by means of intuition be
> inconceivable. After that I had a short discussion with
> him about professional and computer thinking.
>   Saijo wondered why Westerners do always ask for reasons
> instead of simply applying feelings. I replied this be
> essential for programming and inquired about his thinking.
> But he could just state he have no analytical mind and
> absolutely cannot tell reasoning where there is intuition,
> he be barely a professional go player. And I, of course,
> was merely a go programmer:)
>   Now which approach will beat which when it comes to
> programming: logic or pseudo-intuition? Or to be a little
> more provocative: Have Asian professionals any chance to
> create programs of professional level?
>
> --
> robert jasiek
> http://www.snafu.de/~jasiek/



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