Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 07:53:25 03/08/02
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On March 07, 2002 at 16:15:45, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>Hi:
>You can extend that analogy between chess and almost any other scientific or
>artistic perfomance. Chess needs over all calculations, area in which human
>brain does not excel. Science or arts needs somthing more complicated, sometimes
>called intelligence. It is not about calculating, but about perceiving,
>grasping, almost smelling patterns, perhaps a kind of organic process where,
>yes, you can go back, then again forward, etc.
>Never a scientific discovery or a novel were made on the ground of
>"calculation".
>So no weird that talented guys like our Chistophe and other programmer here are
>far below chess master level.
>Would I dare to say that just average programs are the product of good, rated
>chess players?
>Oh, just a joke...
>Fernando
No, you are right, it's exactly what happens. But saying this is very
politically incorrect! :)
I think intelligence has something to do with taking separated concepts and
connecting them. This process is called "inference" I think.
It can be done by heavy calculations (connecting every existing concepts
together until you find something), but it can also be done surprisingly with
biological processes (something similar happens when you drop chemicals in a
tube: molecules are moving in every direction and react with whatever they
encounter; if a molecule is considered to be representing some kind of
information the whole process can be assimilated to a computing device).
Christophe
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