[livecode] robot musicians cant make us cry....

From: <tom_at_nullpointer.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:55:24 +0100

http://www.itnews.com.au/Feature/117621,can-soul-less-robots-make-us-weep.aspx

may be of interest

Tom Betts
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Kassen wrote:
> Graham;
>
>
> Cue research grant proposal to measure the degree to which
> researching whether your research influences economy, public policy
> or society accurately reflects the value of its influence on
> economy, public policy or society, or the degree to which it is
> pointless...
>
>
> I would like to know what the largest long-term effect on society that
> the outcome of a research project deemed pointless under these rules
> could have is. I propose this research be started with a analysis of
> existing literature on the effects of research deemed irrelevant at the
> time.
>
> I also propose research into the effects on the mindset of researchers
> of these proposed rules. I wonder whether the proposed rules would deem
> that a relevant area for research, worthy of a grant, but then I often
> get the impression that lawmakers aren't the type who will deem
> paradoxes cause to backtrack for a bit.
>
> Best of luck to our UK-based Researchers of Odd Things.
> Kas.
>
>
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