BillK, Thanks for the reminder. I didn't reply to him, but still got involved. :-(
I certainty don't want to encourage bad behaviors in this mailing list. Here "bad behaviors" are not in the conclusions or arguments, but in the way they are presented, as well as in the politeness/rudeness toward other people. Pei On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:38 AM, BillK <pha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Mike Tintner wrote: >> >> (On the contrary, Pei, you can't get more narrow-minded than rational >> thinking. That's its strength and its weakness). >> > > > Pei > > In case you haven't noticed, you won't gain anything from trying to > engage with the troll. > > Mike does not discuss anything. He states his opinions in many > different ways, pretending to respond to those that waste their time > talking to him. But no matter what points are raised in discussion > with him, they will only be used as an excuse to produce yet another > variation of his unchanged opinions. He doesn't have any technical > programming or AI background, so he can't understand that type of > argument. > > He is against the whole basis of AGI research. He believes that > rationality is a dead end, a dying culture, so deep-down, rational > arguments mean little to him. > > Don't feed the troll! > (Unless you really, really, think he might say something useful to you > instead of just wasting your time). > > > BillK > > > ------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------- 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
