Re: brute force and knowledge

[Daniel Hallmark <dgh@xxxxxxxxx>]

> i don't mean to start any bad karma in this group, but could we all just
> agree that john clarke has not made a strong point yet, and just move on?
> this talk of parallelism has hardly been forwarded well enough to make a
> good counter-argument.


I hardly think this is fair.  Perhaps you sir, would care to educate the 
entire list as to how our subconcious minds perform pattern matching?  If 
you cannot do so, then I'd suggest you keep your role as self-appointed 
censor for the list to yourself.  

The current art of Go programming has not yet produced a machine capable 
of Dan level play.  And if we stifle any inquiry which doesn't conform to 
"standard" methods of computer game playing, I think it is doubtful that 
we ever will.  If John and Vincent wish to disagree over the nature of 
human subconscious pattern matching, then I think we all can learn from 
the discussion and perhaps in the process refine our own ideas of 
potential methods for solving this incredibly complex problem.

You are still in college, so I'd think you most of all would understand and 
appreciate the benefit of debating opposing viewpoints as an educational 
method and route to understanding.  Then again, perhaps our educational 
institutions aren't what they once were.

Daniel Hallmark