Thanks for the information. Me and a friend came up with the exact same idea for NetFlix, along with some tweaks and were have nice results, too. A shame that our other people came up with the exact same idea :)
I think that the main reason that this idea is so intuitive is that you can imagine it and easily manipulate using spatial reasoning... On 10/19/07, J Storrs Hall, PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There's a really nice blog at > http://karmatics.com/docs/evolution-and-wisdom-of-crowds.html talking > about > the intuitiveness (or not) of evolution-like systems (and a nice glimpse > of > his Netflix contest entry using a Kohonen-like map builder). > > Most of us here understand the value of a market or evolutionary model for > internal organization and learning in the mind. How many have a model of > mind > that explains why some people find these models intuitive while many do > not? > > Josh > > ----- > 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/?&; > ----- 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/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=55416830-23e65b
