From: pjb@informatimago.com   
      
   "Mr Terence Jardine"  writes:   
      
   >>On Sun, 14 May 2006 01:29:10 GMT, "Crazy"    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>I intend to provide (write) a library in C++ to simulate emotions.   
   >>   
   >>As soon as you define what it is "emotion" your task will be easy.   
   >>   
   >>A.L.   
   >>   
   >   
   > If you are emulating emotions then emotions would appear to be another sort   
   of   
   > memory and nothing more. I don't see how a library of emotions would prove   
   > useful in a variety of artificial contexts without a groundbreaking   
   philosophy   
   > for emotion.   
      
   Well, there's this theory that emotions are fast lane to life   
   preserving reactions.   
      
   When a lion jumps on you, you'd better NOT think about it, and try to   
   build an intelligent response.  Just duck! Now!   
      
   For this, you need to identify quickly a situation, even it is   
   sometime erroneously, and to react quickly with a preprogrammed   
   response: an emotional response.   
      
   It's just a tad more elaborated than plain reflex responses: the   
   stimulus of an emotion and its response are learned.   
      
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