I tried to look at my original posts about a rational test of religious belief and my belief that I would find a way to improve on logical satisfiability to try to see if I actually claimed that I would find a polynomial time solution the first time I posted on the issue. I could not go back that far on listbox but I did find that I was saying that you should get used to a polynomial time solution back in 2008. However, I have found that the only useful results that I have had in my 10 year study have been incremental results. I am happy not to have found a polynomial time solution to SAT (because Matt told me that I would wreck the Internet if I did) and I am excited to start testing incremental advancements to see if that leads to something that is useful. And I am looking forward to trying it in a simple AI test - someday. So incremental research and development is starting to look like the fantasy goal to me. It is not just a case of failing and being humiliated into accepting more trivial goals, it is the opening of the promise of the scientific method. I accepted the results of the tests of my theories and because I did I am able to look for more productive theories. Jim Bromer
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