Re: IS THIS A COGNITIVE QUESTION ?

In <45021bab$0$24196$9a6e19ea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wolf K
El_Lobo_Viejo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
: Kali wrote:
: > In <44fc766d$0$20445$ed362ca5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Glen M.
: > Sizemore gmsizemore2@xxxxxxxxx said:
: > :
: > : "Sharat Shastri" <sharatsastry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: > : news:1157385850.217456.8870@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > : >A variety of viewpoints is what makes a discipline like CS all the more
: > : > critical. CS mayn't be pleased with individuals' perspectives; rather a
: > : > system or a theory under which an individual's ideas flourish and come
: > : > to be accepted.
: > : >
: > : > I'm right now reading a bit of visual perception in which it is defined
: > : > as the acquisition of knowledge about environmental objects and events
: > : > by extracting information from the light emitted or reflected on them.
: > :
: > : Where did you read this? This is really, really funny. I'm serious. I would
: > : really like to know where you came upon this.
: >
: > Every college level sensation and perception text book will
: > explain it in depth.
:
: [...]
:
: It's amazing how far "explanations" of tautologies can go, isn't it?
:
: Glen was being not so gently ironic. The fact is that we don't "extract
: information from the light." If the notion of extracting information has
: any validity, it applies to the responses of the rods and cones: we
: "extract information" from the _differences_ bewteen these responses.
:
: Think about it.

I did. I think the criticism is picayune. It takes no scholarly
muscle whatsoever to ridicule a student for a slight
interpretive error. I am not impressed by Sizemore's sarcastic
chest thumping nor your rush to defend it. It's easy to see why
this group is so dead.

Kali
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former
begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
Hippocrates (c460-c.377 BCE) Greek physician. Law
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