Fuzzy logic

Wow... I went to the Fuzzy logic lecture by Dr. Zadeh and it was pretty interesting actually. I mean, math that uses terms more, most and most squared? Where have you been all my life! I thought it was interesting that something that we always do, generalizing and whatnot, could actually be turned into a math! Dr. Zadeh's graphs were way over my head though with all the lines and 'young, old, most, more...' I was all, okay. And he seemed really cool too, even cracking some jokes. I am ashamed to say that I was starting to drift into dreamland on the last 15 minutes and I tried REALLY hard to hold on but... I lost the fight for a few seconds. It wasn't that it was boring, far from it, I thought it really was a revolutionary way of doing something, but I was up doing homework last night and didn't have my dose of caffeine for the day and my body was just demanding to shut down though my mind was all "NOOOOOOO!!! WAKE UP!!!" and sobbing quietly in the corner. Dr. Zadeh had a lot of... dignity. He posted up the criticism of his theory in his slideshow without thought and even said that his response to it was always 'take it as a compliment'. It was one of the AH HA! moments when he explained that fuzzy logic was the precise method of determining impercise values.... (or something like that he was WAY more eloquent lol) but I really am thinking of maybe asking for the slideshow even though I probably won't understand half of it.... But it was a real treat and I'm actually kind of glad I was coerced into going. Well not coerced but I was definitely provided incentive for going. lol. Thanks Professor Fry.

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In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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