On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Ben Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree it is far nicer when advocates of theories are willing to gracefully > entertain constructive criticisms of their theories. > > However, historically, I'm not sure it's true that this sort of grace on the > part of a theorist is well-correlated with the ultimate success of that > theorist's theories. > > I can think of loads of gracious theorists with poor ideas, and loads of > obnoxious, overly-harsh, self-centered theorists whose ideas have ultimately > proved excellent ;-p > > -- ben g
Well, a person who is able to criticize his own theories may seem obnoxious to people who aren't. Jim Bromer ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
