Re: Wolfram Alpha

by Kim Jones-2 :: Rate this Message:

Certainly wouldn't disagree with you, Brent but I'm just wondering
whether it's ever worth bringing out your yellow Positive Thinking hat
before you automatically reach for your black Negative/Cautionary
thinking hat? Please go right ahead and invent a bullshit detector ( a
real one - not a bullshit one as they already exist) and I'll be one
of the first to congratulate you. Perhaps Steve Wolfram (and the
Internet) deserve a bit more of your consideration than just this?

best regards,

Kim

On 10/03/2009, at 12:24 PM, Brent Meeker wrote:

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> Kim Jones wrote:
>> http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?
>> newsID=10240&m=41581
>> <http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=10240&m=41581
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>> Universities and schools should now re-invent themselves. We no
>> longer
>> need any "institution" to dole out knowledge because all (non-fuzzy
>> factual) knowledge can be downloaded from the Net.
>
> Along with an enormous amount of fuzzy, non-factual ignorance.
>
>>
>> Education can now only have a future by teaching skills
>
> Like B.S. detection.
>
> Brent Meeker
> "The internet is a pornography delivery medium occasionally used for
> other purposes."
> --- George Carlin
>
>> - meaning: what you DO with that knowledge, also how to invent the
>> future without having to continually compare every new idea to
>> existing knowledge - the current paradigm and way too slow. Time is
>> running out fast.
>>
>> Hint: teach creative thinking
>>
>> Huh? What's that? Don't we already do that? etc.
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Kim Jones
>>
>>
>> There are no /surprising facts about reality/, only /models/ of
>> it that are /surprised by/ facts
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>> Email:
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>> kimjones@... <mailto:kimjones@...>
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>> Web:
>> http://web.mac.com/kmjcommp/Plenitude_Music
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>> Phone:
>> (612) 9389 4239 or 0431 723 001
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