Derek,
Thank you. I think the list should be a place where people can debate and criticize ideas, but I think such poorly reasoned and insulting flames like Jefs are not helpful, particularly if they are driving potentially valuable contributors like you off the list. Luckily such flames are relatively rare. So I think we should criticize such flames when they do occur so there are fewer of them and try to have tougher skin so that when they occur we dont get too upset by them (and so that we dont ourselves get drawn into flame mode by tough but fair criticisms). I just re-read my email that sent Jef into such a tizzy. Although it was not hostile, it was not as tactful as it could have been. In my attempt to respond quickly I did not intended to attack him or his paper (other than one apparent mis-statement in it), but rather to say it didnt relate to the issue I was specifically interested in. I actually thought it was quite an interesting article. I wish in hindsight I had said so. At the end of the post that upset Jef I actually asked how the Kolmogorov complexity measure his paper discussed might be applied to a given type of AGI. That was my attempt to acknowledge the importance of what the paper dealt with. Lets just hope going forward most people can take fair attempts to debate, question, or attack their ideas without flipping out, and I guess we all should spend an extra 5% more time in our posts trying to be tactful. And lets just hope more people like you start contributing again. Ed Porter -----Original Message----- From: Derek Zahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:05 PM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: RE: [agi] How valuable is Solmononoff Induction for real world AGI? Edward, For some reason, this list has become one of the most hostile and poisonous discussion forums around. I admire your determined effort to hold substantive conversations here, and hope you continue. Many of us have simply given up. _____ 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/? <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=63067563-8aefd0
