Mike,
On 9/20/08, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve: If I were selling a technique like Buzan then I would agree.
However, someone selling a tool to merge ALL techniques is in a different
situation, with a knowledge engine to sell.
The difference AFAICT is that Buzan had an
Mike,
On 9/19/08, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve: Thanks for wringing my thoughts out. Can you twist a little
tighter?!
A v. loose practical analogy is mindmaps - it was obviously better for
Buzan to develop a sub-discipline/technique 1st, and a program later.
MAJOR
Steve:
If I were selling a technique like Buzan then I would agree. However, someone
selling a tool to merge ALL techniques is in a different situation, with a
knowledge engine to sell.
The difference AFAICT is that Buzan had an *idea* - don't organize your
thoughts about a subject in random
Steve:question: Why bother writing a book, when a program is a comparable
effort that is worth MUCH more?
Well,because when you do just state basic principles - as you constructively
started to do - I think you'll find that people can't even agree about those -
any more than they can agree
Mike,
On 9/19/08, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve:question: Why bother writing a book, when a program is a comparable
effort that is worth MUCH more?
Well,because when you do just state basic principles - as you
constructively started to do - I think you'll find that people
Steve:
Thanks for wringing my thoughts out. Can you twist a little tighter?!
Steve,
A v. loose practical analogy is mindmaps - it was obviously better for Buzan to
develop a sub-discipline/technique 1st, and a program later.
What you don't understand, I think, in all your reasoning about
Mike,
On 9/18/08, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve:View #2 (mine, stated from your approximate viewpoint) is that
simple programs (like Dr. Eliza) have in the past and will in the future do
things that people aren't good at. This includes tasks that encroach on
intelligence, e.g.
