Comments on: Tidbits http://ktheory.com/archives/2003/01/31/tidbits/ is all about me Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:13:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: todd http://ktheory.com/archives/2003/01/31/tidbits/#comment-401 todd Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 /?p=613#comment-401 "the professor is in err for evaluating students on their personal beliefs rather than knowledge of the subject." beliefs are based on knowledge or the lack thereof. you can«t separate the abstract (belief) from the real (information) or you lose the purpose of the abstract. i would also refuse to give recommendations who do not acknowledge that faith and evolution are compatible theories. “the professor is in err for evaluating students on their personal beliefs rather than knowledge of the subject.”

beliefs are based on knowledge or the lack thereof. you can«t separate the abstract (belief) from the real (information) or you lose the purpose of the abstract. i would also refuse to give recommendations who do not acknowledge that faith and evolution are compatible theories.

]]> By: mike http://ktheory.com/archives/2003/01/31/tidbits/#comment-402 mike Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 /?p=613#comment-402 i would substitute personal belief for personal delusions. But if I was state school professor with 700 people in a class, I'd probably appreciate delusionals, even if a rather conventional delusion. Yes MUD, ultima/everquest, any multiplayer online are all intelligent b/c playing with people, but not articificially. imagine a console game with say a Lord of the Rings size army, but with individual personalities and abilities assigned to each orc in a physics-accurate middle earth. would be quite the thing. Or a storied game, that could never be played the same way twice (though that is more probability) i would substitute personal belief for personal delusions. But if I was state school professor with 700 people in a class, I’d probably appreciate delusionals, even if a rather conventional delusion. Yes MUD, ultima/everquest, any multiplayer online are all intelligent b/c playing with people, but not articificially. imagine a console game with say a Lord of the Rings size army, but with individual personalities and abilities assigned to each orc in a physics-accurate middle earth. would be quite the thing. Or a storied game, that could never be played the same way twice (though that is more probability)

]]> By: ari http://ktheory.com/archives/2003/01/31/tidbits/#comment-403 ari Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 /?p=613#comment-403 IMHO, the professor didn't err one bit. In fact, I'd like to shake his hand. Every scientific principle, no matter how well-supported is never called anything more than a theory, but science must build a stronger case for any theory than what any belief has ever required. Evolution doesn't just apply to our history (though that's very important, especially when making comparisons between medical and biochemical properties of humans and other species) but also to modern science and medicine. For example. how can you understand multiple drug resistance and the associated epidemiology without it? Then there's that whole field of ecology... IMHO, the professor didn’t err one bit. In fact, I’d like to shake his hand. Every scientific principle, no matter how well-supported is never called anything more than a theory, but science must build a stronger case for any theory than what any belief has ever required. Evolution doesn’t just apply to our history (though that’s very important, especially when making comparisons between medical and biochemical properties of humans and other species) but also to modern science and medicine. For example. how can you understand multiple drug resistance and the associated epidemiology without it? Then there’s that whole field of ecology…

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