Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cxsea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!cxsea!doc From: doc@cxsea.UUCP (Documentation ) Newsgroups: net.cog-eng Subject: Re: cognitive-engineering, connectionism, etc. ...really flame-ola Message-ID: <481@cxsea.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 14:08:03 EST Article-I.D.: cxsea.481 Posted: Fri Oct 25 14:08:03 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 03:26:08 EST References: <2246@iddic.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Computer X Inc., Seattle, Washington. Lines: 20 > [pseudo-bug eater] > > I'm always excited when a new posting appears in net.cog-eng. > Will it be about some new connectionist theory? Maybe some > theoretical discussion of brain vs. computer? Or maybe a comment > on a new model of perception, attention, cognition, or memory? > > but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... > > > I could go on, but that ought to give some of you with fertile minds someplace > to start. Really, this wasn't meant so much as a flame as it was a plea for > more quality and less mediocrity in what's taking up space in this newsgroup. Well, gee, Mike. I'm neither a cog, or an eng, but I'll try this: I've been learning about dyslexia. I know a few people who are dyslexic, and I've been attempting to devise some exercises for them on a Macintosh using MacDraw/Paint, as a means of mapping how they process and respond to visual cues. Has anyone else explored this? Any observations to share?