XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 22/02/2026 12:40 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > On 02/21/2026 05:08 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >> On 21/02/2026 5:12 pm, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>> On 02/20/2026 10:03 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>> On 02/20/2026 08:56 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>> On 21/02/2026 5:52 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 02/20/2026 10:31 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 21/02/2026 3:47 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 02/19/2026 11:45 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 20/02/2026 10:48 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 02/19/2026 11:19 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 20/02/2026 2:44 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/19/2026 01:45 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 19/02/2026 6:13 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/18/2026 11:06 AM, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/17/2026 08:35 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2026 5:37 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/17/2026 09:47 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/17/2026 03:49 AM, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
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   >>   
   >> Invoking artificial intelligence to generate your word salad for you is   
   >> taking time wasting to absurd lengths. Silence is definitely golden when   
   >> you don't have anything useful to say.   
   >>   
   >   
   > There's something to be said for computational advantage,   
   > about informational advantage (and intellectual advantage)   
   > as for notions of mechanical advantage, about that   
   > "large, competent, conscientious, co-operative reasoners",   
   > often result thinking alike.   
      
   Sometimes the cooperative reasoning produces useful results.   
   Religion has produced a lot of counter-examples.The MAGA movement is a   
   more recent case in point. Science is about managing cooperative   
   reasoning to produce useful results, but then we have IQ tests.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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