I thought the list might be interested in this. Dr. Aloisius Louie is a former PhD student of my father's, from Dalhousie University. He gave me permission to post it, so I'll give it a try. There's a pdf file, with the mathematical argument, attached. I don't know if the list will accept it, but we'll figure out a way... Perhaps Tim can arrange it somehow? Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Aloisius H. Louie" <***> To: "Judith Rosen" <***> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 5:52 PM Subject: Goertzel retort > Dear Judith: > > Ben Goertzel is one of the "five authors" that Steve Kercel > mentioned, that claimed "to be able to produce an algorithm that > completely characterizes the M-R process". Since you posted my > "analysis" of Steve's opinions, he has contacted me privately. > He comes across as a person who is sincerely interested in > achieving a good understanding of your father's work. Occasionally > his means may be questionable to you, but there is really nothing > that a good solid mathematical argument cannot fix. ;-) > > Anyway, Goertzel's algorithm turned out to be an appendix > in one of his books, and he entitled the appendix provocatively > as "Goertzel versus Rosen". After Steve pointed me to the reference, > I managed to get hold of a copy of the book. I studied the appendix > and found Goertzel's errors. Attached is my retort, and I called > it "Rosen 1, Goertzel 0". Enjoy! > > I have sent this paper to Steve as well, and he will post it > to VCU's ROSEN-L list. So I thought perhaps you may want to post > it to Tim's list too. Tim may also put it up on his website if he > wishes. > > I have taken down the arguments of two of the five now, > Landauer and Goertzel. I hope I shall be able to tackle the other > three, Casti, Wolkenhauer, and McMullin, in the not-too-distant > future. Cheers. > > Aloisius > > > -- > Dr. Aloisius H. Louie > Mathematical Biologist > (613)749-8238 > *** >
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