Connectionists: Best practices in model publication

[Brad Wyble]

Hi Shimon,



> Unless I am mistaken in my interpretation of the stances expressed by
> different contributors to this thread, this kind of prediction is supposed,
> on at least one account, to be impossible/imprudent/whatever in trying to
> understand the brain. Yet, here it is: veridicality as a mathematically
> guaranteed generic property of neural representations. I guess sticking
> exclusively to Genesis at the expense of an occasional glimpse at what
> Prophets are up to may not be the most productive way ahead, after all :-)
>
>
I suppose it was inevitable that this discussion would turn towards
religion.

By the way, I think that your example neatly epitomizes the plight of
theory in our field.  Even on those infrequent occasions when we get
something right, credit is rarely given.

-Brad





>
> Shimon Edelman
> Professor, Department of Psychology, 232 Uris Hall
> Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7601
> http://kybele.psych.cornell.edu/~edelman
> @shimonedelman
>
>


-- 
Brad Wyble
Assistant Professor
Psychology Department
Penn State University

http://wyblelab.com
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