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From: atae@spva.ph.ic.ac.uk (Ata Etemadi)
Subject: Re: Roger Penrose's new book
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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 22:49:32 GMT
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In article <38no1o$121@nic.scruz.net>, will@news.scruz.net. (will) writes:
|> I'm surprised that a group with so many doctorates, grad students and
|> scientist could be so liberal in bashing a peer without substantiation.
|> I've yet to see one comprehensive review of the book which outline why
|> Penrose's book is
|> 
|> "a load of unsubstantiated crap".
|> 
|> "the chump's new book is called "Shadows of the Mind"
|> 
|> Other mindless comments have been ample. 
|> 
|> If you know of a good review (postive or negative) please let me know.
|> 
|> Thank you.

Hi Will

Hmmmmm. Well scientific journals have a peer review procedure. 
I have yet to see a paper by Penrose in a reputable AI journal on 
the subjects he is so supposedly expert that he publishes 2 books 
on. Have you ? Has anyone ? I'd sure appreciate a pointer to 
such papers to broaden my horizons since I would certainly not 
like to be considered unfair to a person through not having read 
their seminal works on AI in reputable journals. Please post again 
and tell me of his journal papers on the subject and I will eat 
my words - "a load of unsubstantiated crap". For some reason
"Cold Fusion" comes to mind :-) but they did publish in Nature.
I also did post here and point out exactly why I thought his earlier
book was "a load of unsubstantiated crap" having also talked to my
colleagues in the Mathematics dept. to clarify various points.
So please, please post the bibliography I am missing or I suggest 
it would be wise for you to be less abusive in your own comments 
such as "mindless comments", Penrose as peer >>shudders<<.

	adios
		Ata <(|)>.
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         Dr Ata Etemadi, Blackett Laboratory,
         Space and Atmospheric Physics Group,
         Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine,
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