I'm guessing you're just not familiar with Hofstadter's position. For his people, analogy and metaphor are broader than what most people think of. It's a function that happens several times every second. It's his universal algorithm, as it were. In this view of concepts, it becomes clear that text and word processing is insufficient. You're just not on that page with us. andi
Jim Bromer wrote: > And metaphors are only one kind of relationship of similarity. > > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
