On 9 Feb 2005 at 6:40, dhbailey wrote: > Darcy James Argue wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Both a human and a pool-playing robot (like, say, Deep Green -- > > http://www.ece.queensu.ca/hpages/faculty/greenspan/) have to solve > > exactly the same problem, which happens to be a problem of applied > > physics. > > > > So one solves it with neurons and one solves it with silicon. What > > makes you so sure the process is so fundamentally different? > > Rather than simply calling it "solving it with neurons," the human is > really solving it with knowledge based on experience gained from long > periods of practice and the robot solves it with equations and > numbers, none of which it gained from experience. That the result may > be the same in no way guarantees that the principles in the solving of > the problem are the same.
A friend of mine who is a professional violinist and violin teacher has explained to me the importance of physical memory for the solo violinist in regard to intonation as opposed to "having a good ear." The point is that hitting those notes accurately in a high position is not something you do because you're using your ear to tune them -- it happens because you've developed the physical memory to hit them on the nose without any thought or any need to adjust after the fact. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
