... each other (it fails most of the time). I see pattern recognition as an example of tuning. When most of the people see the same patterns they are "tuned" and can survive more easily. It's as if they have one mind, like in a bee hive. So pattern recognition is not something to ridicualize. It's one of the things that keeps us tuned, this pittyfull individual creature called man.

... the British, because they rarely :>>:>lose wars. :>> :>>Serving tea in the Admiral's stateroom hardly counts, Gnu..... :) :> :>Serving the best tea and scones in the fleet never did HMS Hood any harm. :> :>What's that, you say, Lieutenant -- the Bismark? Don't be ridicu-- :> <smirk> " Not funny McGee! " -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

...Seriously, how many planes are you going to squeeze onto a 'battleship'? :>The most effective weapon in warfare is the British, because they rarely :>lose wars. Serving tea in the Admiral's stateroom hardly counts, Gnu..... :) Serving the best tea and scones in the fleet never did HMS Hood any harm. What's that, you say, Lieutenant -- the Bismark? Don't be ridicu--

...profession." I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his process of deduction. "When I hear you give your reasons," I remarked, "the thing always appears to me to be so ridicu- lously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you explain your process. And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as ...