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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 5102207" data-attributes="member: 813">That's not perception. That's comparison. &quot;Is this X? Yes/no.&quot; If there's a hidden directory on your hard drive and you didn't tell the search to look for files in hidden directories it won't go there. A human searcher might eventually disobey the &quot;rule&quot; and take a quick peak in the hidden place.Perception, actually noticing stuff, is far more intuitive. Take this scenario: Someone walks in a room with a hidden weapon and is about to kill everyone. There are probably only a few people in the room who will &quot;know&quot; immediately that the guy is big trouble. Some more people will have a bad feeling about him. And the rest of the people in the room will not perceive any threat. How do you program a computer to have a &quot;gut&quot; reaction to someone entering a room? As you said, making inferences &quot;he has a look of disdain on his face&quot; &quot;he's not walking straight but has his hip turned slightly like he hiding something behind his back&quot; &quot;his eyes were like Death's eyes&quot; is hard for a computer because you can't really program it.Computers fail all will saves. They do what they are told by any one who can communicate with them successfully.No, insane means low wis. That doesn't mean it is a reflexive property. There's a difference. Wisdom is perception. The insane tend not to view reality like normal people do. So insanity is usually modeled as a drain on Wisdom. It's not a perfect mechanic but it does make a certain amount of sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 5102207, member: 813"] That's not perception. That's comparison. "Is this X? Yes/no." If there's a hidden directory on your hard drive and you didn't tell the search to look for files in hidden directories it won't go there. A human searcher might eventually disobey the "rule" and take a quick peak in the hidden place. Perception, actually noticing stuff, is far more intuitive. Take this scenario: Someone walks in a room with a hidden weapon and is about to kill everyone. There are probably only a few people in the room who will "know" immediately that the guy is big trouble. Some more people will have a bad feeling about him. And the rest of the people in the room will not perceive any threat. How do you program a computer to have a "gut" reaction to someone entering a room? As you said, making inferences "he has a look of disdain on his face" "he's not walking straight but has his hip turned slightly like he hiding something behind his back" "his eyes were like Death's eyes" is hard for a computer because you can't really program it. Computers fail all will saves. They do what they are told by any one who can communicate with them successfully. No, insane means low wis. That doesn't mean it is a reflexive property. There's a difference. Wisdom is perception. The insane tend not to view reality like normal people do. So insanity is usually modeled as a drain on Wisdom. It's not a perfect mechanic but it does make a certain amount of sense. [/QUOTE]

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