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Reflexion*
by chaxor 4y ago
Reflexion*
- mdp2021 4y agoThanks! It brings us to some checks. But I read > Spelling with -ct- recorded from late 14c., established 18c., by influence of the verb. OED considers the version with -x- to be "the etymological spelling", but Fowler (1926 - «A clear differentiation being out of the question, and the variation of form being without essential significance...») points out that -ct- is usual in the general senses and even technical ones Actually, I would say that 'reflection' is the more proper. 'Reflexion' reflects the French spelling, so it is "«etymological»" in the sense of "post-Hastings 1066" (i.e. tracing the history), but in Latin it is 'flectere' (hence 're-flectere'). "Flectere" is already an action, so "reflection" is proper for the faculty.
- chaxor 4y agoSorry, this was meant to be a semi-sarcastic reference to the paper by Northeastern. They use "Reflexion" in the title. It's a paper about how these systems improve their responses by simply allowing their outputs to be 'reflected upon' by the system. For instance, they are able to improve something like ~60% to ~87% by simply allowing the 'reflection' upon what was just output.