Hi Billy, On Jan 9, 2014, at 10:39 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> There actually area few useful findings in the following study but this > really is > semi-nonsense. The computer scientists seem unaware that there even exists > an entire discipline of writing instruction. Hence, from what I can tell, the > factors > that make up good writing as taught by teachers of writing are not even > considered. > > What is this a case of? Hubris seems to be the best word to describe it, as > if, > knowing the ins and outs of computers one therefore knows all there is to know > and what is not known now can be accessed on Google whenever desired. I think they are trying to solve a different problem. Rather than take a top-down approach based on human intuition, they are trying a bottom-up approach based on raw data. Both are valid approaches, and yield different insights. > OK, then, this outlook also applies to neuro-science ? To microbiology ? > To world religions ? To philosophy ? Get used to it. We are in a world of big data, where many problems that used to be matters of tradition and expertise become amenable to raw number crunching. This is not to say that the bottom-up Big Data approach is always “right” — there are always some underlying assumptions and limitations, which are not always spelled out. But it *is* a very different way of looking at the world, and deserves to be taken seriously. - Ernie P. > > In a discussion among neuro-scientists on Charlie Rose the other day, the > scientists made it a point to stress how useful it is to seek the input of > people > in non-brain science disciplines. But computer scientists don't need to do > that ? > What the hell ? Who do they think they are kidding ? > > My humble opinion > Billy > > -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
