Connectionists: Brain-like computing fanfare and big data fanfare

[Brad Wyble]

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> At the same time, I think we should welcome all different perspectives and
> investigative approaches in this great enterprise. The history of science
> has been cited a lot in this discussuon, but one if its deeoest lessons is
> that we never know ahead of time what approach will be most fertile. Things
> always seem inevitable but only in retrospect.
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Hear hear!  Although I sympathize with Jim in his aim to do a little
pruning and thereby increase the efficiency of the scientific process given
the same amount of total effort.  But where to prune?
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