Difference between revisions of "Talk:2518: Lumpers and Splitters"

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Lumping and splitting doesn't just apply to groups of people. It describes the way people categorize things in general. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 00:13, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 
Lumping and splitting doesn't just apply to groups of people. It describes the way people categorize things in general. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 00:13, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
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I really thought this was about the different focus in individuals and other systems (notably AI research), to either pay attention to individual diverse detail, often involving great memory, or form patterns to generalize everything, often involving great ingenuity.  [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.173|172.70.110.173]] 00:16, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

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Lumping and splitting doesn't just apply to groups of people. It describes the way people categorize things in general. Barmar (talk) 00:13, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

I really thought this was about the different focus in individuals and other systems (notably AI research), to either pay attention to individual diverse detail, often involving great memory, or form patterns to generalize everything, often involving great ingenuity. 172.70.110.173 00:16, 21 September 2021 (UTC)