Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And a photo CAN do that. What it can't do - unless it is a three-dimensional macro, 1:1 photo ;-) - is visually REPRODUCE something. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:16 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Turing test Oh boy, now we are getting philosophical :) In order to represent something, you have to reproduce its essence. (TGIF) Daniel On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, bdcolen wrote: > A photo can be a faithful REPRESENTATION of something without being a > faithful REPRODUCTION of something. ;-) > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > LRZeitlin@aol.com > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:31 PM > To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Turing test > > > Eric writes: > > <<What's all this nonsense and turing tests that mean nothing? Any > idiot > > > can tell the difference between a photo of a window and the window. > > > And I know cats that DO react to the TV.>> > > Eric, > > That's just the point. If the photo were truly a faithful > representation of reality, you should not be able to tell the > difference. "Truth" has nothing to > do with photographic fidelity. > > Your cats are smarter than mine. > > Larry Z > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html