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Article #8487Re: The Emperor's New Mind (Book Review)
From: Mike Coffin
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 15:33
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 15:33
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From article <14975@well.UUCP>, by wcalvin@well.UUCP (William Calvin):
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> Roger Penrose's book THE EMPEROR'S NEW MIND (Oxford UP 1989) was reviewed by
> the philosopher Daniel Dennett [...]
> ... The inevitable first impression, then, is that the book is
> the ultimate academic shaggy-dog story, a tale whose fascinating
> digressions outweigh the punch-line by a large factor.....
This is true, but the digressions are worth the price of the book.
Penrose covers an *amazing* amoung of ground in this book; almost all
of it is fascinating. I agree with the reviewer that the punch line
is weak, but don't let that deter you from reading it.
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Mike Coffin mike@arizona.edu
Univ. of Ariz. Dept. of Comp. Sci. {allegra,cmcl2}!arizona!mike
Tucson, AZ 85721 (602)621-2858
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!bionet!ig!arizona!mike From: mike@cs.arizona.edu (Mike Coffin) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: The Emperor's New Mind (Book Review) Message-ID: <16258@megaron.cs.arizona.edu> Date: 19 Dec 89 15:33:32 GMT References: <14975@well.UUCP> Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 18