And the usual flaw being sure about how things would seem to have worked in the past, and possibly not notice them diverge over time.?
Phil Henshaw From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Smith Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 4:21 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] In Praise of Doubt, and ... Well, I shouldn't even poke my head above the weeds in this one, because this thread has way too much energy for me, but I just couldn't resist. Think of this as a prosodic rather than a semantic reply... I think we are reaching the heart of the problem with human nature. We want to be correct and we want to be precise and we want to be sure. We are all aware of the branch of statistical learning theory known as PAC-learning, or Probably Approximately Correct -learning (?). One of the few ideas with which I can be completely comfortable. Eric
============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
