On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ben Goertzel wrote: > > Feedback on AGI-06 overall was overwhelmingly positive; in fact > > Richard's is the only significantly negative report I've seen. > > > > > Of course, if the conference was filled with low-quality presentations and > low-quality comments from participants, then all of those people who gave > presentations and who made comments would be BOUND to give an objective > evaluation of the quality of the conference, wouldn't they....? ;-) > > They wouldn't have any vested interest in saying "What a success!", would > they? > > And if one person gave a poor evaluation of the conference based on > specific points of fact, rather than just feel-good opinion (if, for > example, that person noted a complete inability of the participants to talk > about the main theme of the conference in a technically accurate way), that > empirically-based observation would count for nothing, compared with the > great "feeling" that everyone had about the meeting? Ben: I admire your patience. Richard: congrats - you just made my ignore list - and that's a first -- Stefan Pernar 3-E-101 Silver Maple Garden #6 Cai Hong Road, Da Shan Zi Chao Yang District 100015 Beijing P.R. CHINA Mobil: +86 1391 009 1931 Skype: Stefan.Pernar ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
