ABSTRACT
Modelling in information processing and the realm of information processing cognitive entropy will always take its toll. And so, adequacy limitations will always dog our steps in the domain of computerized problem solving. One clear example of the practical limits of computer problem-solving arises in the context of prediction. One crucial practical limitation of computers in matters of problem solving is thus constituted by the inevitable incompleteness of the information at their disposal. Another important sort of practical limitation to computer problemsolving arises not from the inherent intractability of questions but from their unsuitability for particular respondents. Specifically, one of the issues regarding which a computer can never function perfectly is its own predictive performance. Of course, computers cannot bear human offspring, enter into contractual agreements, or offer meaningful consolation. But such processes address practical problems relating to the management of the affairs of human life and thus do not count in the present cognitive context.
