Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!mirror!rayssd!raybed2!linus!mbunix!bwk From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Definitions of intelligence and complexity Summary: Now I'm getting worried. Keywords: Social construct, productivity measure Message-ID: <42575@linus.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 03:37:45 GMT References: <448@uceng.UC.EDU> <42327@linus.UUCP> <6973@venera.isi.edu> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: bwk@mbunix (Kort) Organization: International Teleport and Telepath Lines: 13 In article <6973@venera.isi.edu> smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu.UUCP (Stephen Smoliar) writes: > In THE SOCIETY OF MIND, Marvin Minsky makes a plausible case for > the possibility that worrying, as well as other emotions, may actually > play a productive role in our ability to solve problems. Stephen, I couldn't locate the above passage. There doesn't seem to be an entry in the Index or Table of Contents on "worrying." Would you mind posting a pointer to the chapter in question? Thanks. --Barry Kort