I didn't sign up to listen to you whine, but I certainly tried to cancel my subscription because you whine. Any ETA on when that'll actually go through, anyone?
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Loosemore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 6, 2008 12:28 PM To: agi@v2.listbox.com Subject: Re: [agi] Evaluating Conference Quality [WAS Re: Symbol Grounding ...] Stefan Pernar wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[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 Another person who cannot discuss the issues. Another person who, instead, indulges in personal abuse. This field will stand or die according to the number of people in it who can address issues, even when those issues are challenging and/or embarrassing. Richard Loosemore ------------------------------------------- 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/?&; 7356 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- 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
