UPDATE:  
          It seems that I suddenly have something to talk about after all.  If you go here, you can hear an interview with Jeff Hawkins about the structure of the brain and its relationship to improving artificial intelligence.  I've listened to it three times now, and I'm still excited by it.
          Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m interested in developmental psychology and advanced education.  One of the stickiest problems in the field is finding a definition of the word “intelligence.” In the above interview, Mr. Hawkins theorizes that intelligence is really a matter of prediction based on pattern recognition.  This is fascinating. He also briefly mentions a theory of mine that I was discussing a while a go with doraycidkyrene: that prejudice is largely a matter of faulty pattern seeking.

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Quote of the Day:
“In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.”
-Martin Niemoller

 
Audio Clip of the Day:
Can be found here.  Today’s clip will get you one point for the name of the show and one for the name of the speaker.  Grats to ChrisRusso for recognizing the last clip as being Cartman from “South Park”.  Scoring is as follows: Buddahgazelle9,  ChrisRusso14, Dankster4, DarkArtAlliance2, Darklao2, EmilyE2, LaLune2, Malenkaya4.

 
Picture of the Day: