Three Diabetic Mongol Idiots

Idiots, Imbeciles, and Harmless Lunatics

In the previous number of the Journal (page 96) it is stated that ten years ago it was suggested that the five southwestern counties of England should unite and form a separate establishment for the care, training, and education of the imbeciles and younger idiots, such as that at Earlswood, in Surrey. The practical reasons adduced for the division and separation is that the association with ep...

The idiots guide to Quantum Error Correction

Quantum Error Correction and fault-tolerant quantum computation represent arguably the most vital theoretical aspect of quantum information processing. It was well known from the early developments of this exciting field that the fragility of coherent quantum systems would be a catastrophic obstacle to the development of large scale quantum computers. The introduction of Quantum Error Correctio...

Lunatics, Idiots, and Cretins in France

Toward a Model of Intelligence as an Economy of Idiots

A market-based algorithm is presented which autonomously apportions complex tasks to multiple cooperating agents giving each agent the motivation of improving performance of the whole system. A speciic model, called \The Hayek Machine" is proposed and tested on a simulated Blocks World (BW) planning problem. Hayek learns to solve more complex BW problems than any previous learning algorithm. Gi...

Observations on the Training of Idiots and Low-Grade Imbeciles

or almost impossible to find vacancies in Certified Institutions for low grade or troublesome defectives. Mental Hospitals and Public Assistance Institutions are unwillingly obliged to receive these cases. Local Authorities are well aware of the harm and hardships which ensue from the retention of this type of patient in Public Assistance Institutions. The Board of Control require that Mental D...