I work for a small development company in the process of tackling this problem. We are building a social network (don't ask my why.. but the client pays..), and need to calculate the shortest path between any two members (IE, friend of a friend of a friend). This, essentially, is the traveling salesmen problem.
Although our solution may change, currently we are attempting to use the Dijkstra Algorithm as a stored SQL procedure. Of course, this approximates the shortest path, but the result is good enough for our needs, and based on the original post, probably good enough for a Google Maps app as well.
I'm at work at the moment, but when I return home later I'll dig up some papers for you.
Oh, and the reason your Google search returned no hits is that I didn't spell check. It is Classical Cognitivism..
You should find plenty on Google using that string until I find some of the original articles on the subject.
As far as the concept of domain specific input patterns, I know off hand that Fodor (1983), "The Modularity of Mind" is the foundation for all the modularity debates. Domain specificity is one of his original 13 (?) criteria for a modular processing system.
While I agree generally with your point here, I think it is important to note that the concept of reasoning via symbolic representations is no longer the dominant theory in Cognitive Science (the idea is called Classical Cognitism and went out of style in the 1980s).
Your point about modular reasoning is well put (although the modularity debate seems to never end..), but modularity theory, in its most accepted forms, precludes symbolic representations in favor of domain specific input patterns.
You clearly are missing a VERY key piece of information: People with ADD/ADHD cannot focus on things they consider "boring" BECAUSE they have ADD/ADHD.
A person with "normal" brain function, while they may not enjoy a task, can still focus on it and complete it. It is not suprising that ADD/ADHD sufferers can focus on enjoyable tasks, because it does not take the extra bit of concentration that they lack.
Please try to put your self in other people's shoes before making broad, sweeping generalizations. ADD/ADHD is real, and it is a handicap. We do not hide nehind pills. Personally, I go to therepy once a week to try to work through, but in addition, I use medication. At some point in my life when I have worked through these isses (and I do think they can be solved with therepy in most cases..) I will stop taking the pills. Until then I need to be able to function in a work enviornment like everyone else.
I don't know if anyone has ever had/written about this idea before, but it came to me as I read this article:
Someone should begin a huge campaign to get every politician on every spam list imaginable. Most (all?) politicians have public email addresses, and it wouldn't be too hard to sign them up for more spam then they could ever imagine. If they're personal email is available too, it would be even better.
When personal convenience is at risk for those who run the United States, change happens very quickly.
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Some of us like to read more recent books occasionally, and have no problem paying for them.
I work for a small development company in the process of tackling this problem. We are building a social network (don't ask my why.. but the client pays..), and need to calculate the shortest path between any two members (IE, friend of a friend of a friend). This, essentially, is the traveling salesmen problem.
Although our solution may change, currently we are attempting to use the Dijkstra Algorithm as a stored SQL procedure. Of course, this approximates the shortest path, but the result is good enough for our needs, and based on the original post, probably good enough for a Google Maps app as well.
I'm at work at the moment, but when I return home later I'll dig up some papers for you.
Oh, and the reason your Google search returned no hits is that I didn't spell check. It is Classical Cognitivism..
You should find plenty on Google using that string until I find some of the original articles on the subject.
As far as the concept of domain specific input patterns, I know off hand that Fodor (1983), "The Modularity of Mind" is the foundation for all the modularity debates. Domain specificity is one of his original 13 (?) criteria for a modular processing system.
While I agree generally with your point here, I think it is important to note that the concept of reasoning via symbolic representations is no longer the dominant theory in Cognitive Science (the idea is called Classical Cognitism and went out of style in the 1980s).
Your point about modular reasoning is well put (although the modularity debate seems to never end..), but modularity theory, in its most accepted forms, precludes symbolic representations in favor of domain specific input patterns.
Check out the defination of humor and then go check out sarcasm
Might clear up the confusion..
If Microsoft really loses money on every XBox sold, couldn't we theoretically put them out of business by buying millions of units?
Just a thought..
I learned a valuable lesson here. The next time I'm going to steal from someone, I'll just make sure I take less than $5,000
I ran into similar barries when [it's a long story] I was scammed out of $1200 on the internet.
After much talk with the FBI, local police, and FCC I learned that stealing from people is perfectly OK as long as you don't take too much..
You clearly are missing a VERY key piece of information: People with ADD/ADHD cannot focus on things they consider "boring" BECAUSE they have ADD/ADHD.
A person with "normal" brain function, while they may not enjoy a task, can still focus on it and complete it. It is not suprising that ADD/ADHD sufferers can focus on enjoyable tasks, because it does not take the extra bit of concentration that they lack.
Please try to put your self in other people's shoes before making broad, sweeping generalizations. ADD/ADHD is real, and it is a handicap. We do not hide nehind pills. Personally, I go to therepy once a week to try to work through, but in addition, I use medication. At some point in my life when I have worked through these isses (and I do think they can be solved with therepy in most cases..) I will stop taking the pills. Until then I need to be able to function in a work enviornment like everyone else.
I don't know if anyone has ever had/written about this idea before, but it came to me as I read this article: Someone should begin a huge campaign to get every politician on every spam list imaginable. Most (all?) politicians have public email addresses, and it wouldn't be too hard to sign them up for more spam then they could ever imagine. If they're personal email is available too, it would be even better. When personal convenience is at risk for those who run the United States, change happens very quickly.