Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!XX.LCS.MIT.EDU!DAVIS%OZ.AI.MIT.EDU From: DAVIS%OZ.AI.MIT.EDU@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.ai Subject: splitting the list Message-ID: <8612160554.AA19345@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 9-Dec-86 10:36:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8612160554.AA19345 Posted: Tue Dec 9 10:36:00 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 03:56:16 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 26 Approved: ailist@sri-stripe.arpa There is no loss in splitting the list and a clear net gain. Issue: What You Will Receive Those who are concerned about seeing both kinds of material have a trivial solution available: ensure that you are on both mailing lists. Those who wish to be spared the philosophical discussions can escape. Issue: 400 Line Diatribes are OK Because You Can Skip Them Not if, as is the case for some people, you have a slow terminal and a less sophisticated mailer (one that reads the message as a whole, rather than splitting it into individual contributions). Issue: Where Can the Discussion Happen talk.philosophy.tech Issue: How to Classify Messages It is almost always completely obvious how to classify a given message. In the event the decision is at all debatable the moderator should flip a coin. The consequences are sufficiently minor that we can all live with it. Issue: Can You Do AI Without Philosophizing About Mind, Consciousnes, Etc. Yes. Issue: SHOULD You Do AI Without Philosophizing About Mind, Consciousnes, Etc. First topic of discussion for talk.philosophy.tech.