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   Janice to David Mitchell   
   Re: Re:qualitative data mining.   
   29 Oct 05 10:50:05   
   
   From: invalid@invalid.net   
      
   On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:09:56 +0100, David Mitchell wrote:   
      
   > Actually, it was clear what you do, it's pretty similar to the example   
   > Janice gave: extract the non-trivial keywords, and form a database with   
   > references to the original text so that a human can interpret the keywords   
   > in context.   
   >   
   > All well and good, very worthy (if neither interesting nor original), but   
   > not anything like semantic comprehension of anecdotal evidence by   
   > computer; which was my point.   
      
   But adequate for demonstrating that the oft-vilified anecdote has some   
   scientific value and could be used to study OBEs in a manner similar to   
   one way dreams have been studied, which was my point. ;-)   
      
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