-Caveat Lector- Speaking of C students, if anyone wants to teach or learn C, they are welcome to join this list. I expect it will take about 6 months to acquire modest proficiency in C.
But the main purpose is as stated below. Can all of academic/scholarly higher education be dispensed to the world, almost free, from teaching machines? Let's SEE! The only reason I am doing this at present is as an experiment in ed psych. I do not aspire to be a programmer. But those who think they might want to become programmers will benefit from it. In 2000 AD, I was invited to speak at the Artificial Life 2000 Conference. When I presented the title and outline they withdrew the offer. "How to Make Xavier (The Robot) More Lively, Learned and Lucid Than any Professor at CMU." The only reason given was that the professors might be insulted. More than insulted, If this works they are out of business. Higher education will then be reinvented. POC ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 7 Feb 2002 00:44:15 -0000 From: C-and-SEE Moderator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Welcome to C-and-SEE This discussion is an experiment in the philosophy and psychology of education. C is a powerful and flexible computer language and C++ is a superset of C. Learning any computer language can be considered as a task which is "complex, technical and difficult". Let us SEE, from this experiment, if such a complex, technical and difficult subject can be translated into the vernacular, aka everyday language or EL. If that can be done, why can we not translate all of higher education in scholarly and academic subjects into EL? Further to that, another implication is that the age of the teaching machine has finally arrived. EL courseware can be delivered via "roboprofessors", making human professors obsolete. Global education can be provided online, dispensed by teaching machine and at such small cost that it will be almost free. If this experiment fails, Professor Langdon Winner will have the last laugh. SEE <http://www.webct.com/service/ViewContent?contentID=3175969> for his satirical comments on "The Automatic Professor Machine". However, I think C-and-See will show how the Professor Winners of this world will be put out of business in the near future. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
