- From: Bijan Parsia <bparsia@isr.umd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:20:40 -0800
- To: Drew McDermott <drew.mcdermott@yale.edu>
- Cc: www-rdf-rules@w3.org
On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 10:57 AM, Drew McDermott wrote: > [Bijan Parsia] > Of course, given the increasing recognition that Deduction is > Evil(tm) > or, at least, that Deduction is Silly and Pointless(r), the former > properties might not be so nice. > > Deduction is wonderful. Unification is wonderful, too. I _love_ this > stuff. But who in the world thinks it's a paradigm that subsumes > most reasoning tasks, or even a plurality? Who indeed. Isn't that the question? But who on earth thought that syllogystic reasoning covered much, if anything, interesting? And yet we stand accused :) [snipped some argument I keep writing but not sending; I'm finding crystalizing my reply being very much not satisfactory :( except that Shirky seems to be arguing, if against anything, against formality and, you in so far as I can read your computation vs. deduction paragraph as a half-agreement with Shirky, seem to agree, but I know that's wrong :)] > P.S. Evil or silly? Evil or silly? So hard to choose.... Maybe I > should warm up by sorting out this evil-or-silly issue with respect to > Arnold Schwarzenegger first. That's easy: He's both :) Indeed, that characterizes his entire career! > By the way, Happy Thanksgiving to all who understand what "Happy > Thanksgiving" means! Cheers, Bijan Parsia.
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