Russell> On 1/28/07, Eric Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How do you respond to the 20-question argument that there are only >> of order 2^20 "knowledge items" ? >>
Russell> The granularity of knowledge items for 20 Questions and the Russell> number 20 are specifically chosen to match each other, to Russell> make the game fair. While never explicitly stated, everyone Russell> understands that e.g. 'a book' is a fair topic for 20 Russell> Questions, but 'Alice in Wonderland' is not. Yet we do know Russell> about 'Alice in Wonderland', and any attempt to duplicate Russell> human abilities must take that into account. Have you ever played 20 questions? In the games I've played, Alice in Wonderland would be a fine topic. I admit its surprising that one plays as well as one does. ----- 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