Richard and Ben, If you think I, as a Chinese, have overreacted to Mike Tintner's writing style, and this is just a culture difference, please let me know. In that case I'll try my best to learn his way of communication, at least when talking to British and American people --- who knows, it may even improve my marketing ability. ;-)
Pei On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org> wrote: > > And when a Chinese doesn't answer a question, it usually means "No" ;-) > > Relatedly, I am discussing with some US gov't people a potential project > involving customizing an AI reasoning system to emulate the different > inferential judgments of people from different cultures... > > ben > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Richard Loosemore <r...@lightlink.com> > wrote: >> >> Ben Goertzel wrote: >>> >>> yeah ... that's not a matter of the English language but rather a matter >>> of the American Way ;-p >>> >>> Through working with many non-Americans I have noted that what Americans >>> often intend as a "playful obnoxiousness" is interpreted by non-Americans >>> more seriously... >> >> Except that, in fact, Mike is not American but British. >> >> As a result of long experience talking to Americans, I have discovered >> that what British people intend as routine discussion, Americans interpret >> as serious, intentional obnoxiousness. And then, what Americans (as you >> say) intend as playful obnoxiousness, non-Americans interpret more >> seriously. >> >> >> >> Richard Loosemore >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> I think we had some mutual colleagues in the past who favored such a >>> style of discourse ;-) >>> >>> ben >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Pei Wang <mail.peiw...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:mail.peiw...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org >>> <mailto:b...@goertzel.org>> wrote: >>> > >>> > IMHO, Mike Tintner is not often rude, and is not exactly a >>> "troll" because I >>> > feel he is genuinely trying to understand the deeper issues >>> related to AGI, >>> > rather than mainly trying to stir up trouble or cause irritation >>> >>> Well, I guess my English is not good enough to tell the subtle >>> difference in tones, but his comments often sound that "You AGIers are >>> so obviously wrong that I don't even bother to understand what you are >>> saying ... Now let me tell you ...". >>> >>> I don't enjoy this tone. >>> >>> Pei >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> 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/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC > Director of Research, SIAI > b...@goertzel.org > > "I intend to live forever, or die trying." > -- Groucho Marx > > ________________________________ > agi | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- 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=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
