Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Give me a counter-example of knowledge that can't be isolated.
Q. Why did you turn left here? A. Because I need gas. Q. Why do you need gas? A. Because the tank is almost empty. Q. How do you know? A. Because the needle is on "E". Q. How do you know? A. Because I can see it. Q. What do you see? (depth first search) Q. Why did you turn left here? A. Because I need gas. Q. Why did you turn left *here*? A. Because there is a gas station. Q. Why did you turn left now? A. Because there is an opening in the traffic. (breadth first search) It's not that we can't do it in theory. It's that we can't do it in practice. The human brain is not a Turing machine. It has finite time and memory limits. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
