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skrenta@summit.novell.com (Rich Skrenta) writes:

>Given past achievements which made fools of those who claimed they
>couldn't be done, I'm surprised anyone is willing to risk a bet
>against AI.

>Whatever happened to "The Roman Rule"?

>	The one who says it cannot be done should never
>	interrupt the one who is doing it.


Who said something like;

"If a distinguished scientist says something is possible, then it's probably
 true but if he says something can't be done, pay him no mind."



--
						-- Mark---
....we must realize that the infinite in the sense of an infinite totality, 
where we still find it used in deductive methods, is an illusion. Hilbert,1925
