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From: trainor@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Vulture of Light)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Scientific visualization
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Date: 29 Jun 88 02:03:01 GMT
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eugene@pioneer.UUCP (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
    >Sorry, I can't take it many more.  I am getting tried of all the
    >marketing hype of "scientific visualization."  Especially by marketing
    >people who have no idea what they are talking about.  People just don't
    >wantonly display scientific data.  It's not Enterainment Tonight.

hacker@nucleus.UUCP (Thomas Hacker, ACM) writes:
    >     I disagree with you.  Scientific Visualization
    >  is a potentially important tool to be used in order to give
    >  form to literally mountains of numbers from simulation and 
    >  experement.  While it should not be used as the "end result"
    >  of the analysis of data, it can and should be used for giving
    >  a gross picture of what's going on in the system the scientist
    >  is looking at.  These gross pictures are what give scientists 
    >  insight into what's really going on and allows them to concentrate
    >  and direct their energies into looking at the right things.

I agree 100% with Eugene Miya.  The hype will eventually hurt computer
graphics.  You only have to look at AI see what hype does to a field. 
I hope I don't puke in Atlanta this year...

    douglas
    
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