David Pendery is an American living in Taipei, Taiwan. He teaches and attends the doctoral English Literature program at National Chengchi University. David Pendery has lived in Taipei for six years, and was married to a Taiwanese woman in 2003. They live in Taipei, with no kids, just a cat, Loudmouth. He has proposed two events, both of which have been accepted by the conference. One is a theoretical paper for presentation, entitled "Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: The Mind of Wikipedia," and one is a panel discussion with Taiwanese college students about their use of Wikpedia, and it's value as an educational tool.
在第二場演講─「Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: The Mind of Wikipedia」,作為一個新型的人類知識與交流類型,我們將分析維基百科在此的影響。我將以傑洛‧愛德蒙(Gerald Edelman)博士的心靈學理論。(本演講標題即來自愛德蒙於1992出版的書)。我將會把愛德蒙對於人類的意志逆著神經組織而上,重複地以大量平行傳送的訊息形成一圈圈的迴路與網絡。這些網絡接收了大量內輸的個體資訊。 在愛德蒙的理論中,我在此會使用維基百科的「意識」,即是如人類由腦部神經交結而成的知覺主幹,是由大量組織好而平行的資料地圖,矩陣及線路;這些圖及線會接收到大量的輸入,那是由回饋循環及重複信號所管理及解釋,而一切都會經過過濾及整合,再而在人腦中加強構成,組織及存貯的。 這一個系統,從人的認知中出發,是十分躍動,密集,完全自我管理及十分能夠適應新的輸入,反應及結果。而這一切,也可以從愛德蒙對維基百科系統的虛擬架構中可見一班。