breaux@NTSC-74.ARPA ("Robert Breaux") (07/10/87)
It occurs to me that the flare up then dying of symbol grounding in the ai list is an evolution not possible until recently. I believe it is good. In the "old days" prior to electronic bulletin boards, this argument would have raged for years, camps divided, universities would have created "schools of thought", and perhaps books written which would not have stood the "test of time" as a classic issue. Now, we can have "face to face", so to speak, discussions early on, resolve the issues which are not "classic" or seminal, and get on with it. It's GREAT, wouldn't you say? ------