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Article #8825Re: Can Machines Think?
From: Dean Hougen
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 02:07
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 02:07
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In article <621@berlioz.nsc.com> andrew@dtg.nsc.com (Lord Snooty @ The Giant Poisoned Electric Head ) writes: > >If we substitute "universe" for "chinese room", and "the laws of physics" >for "the rules of chinese language", are we to conclude that the cosmos >is a conscious entity? >Andrew Palfreyman andrew@dtg.nsc.com Albania before April! Who is it talking to? Dean Hougen -- "Summoning his cosmic powers, And glowing slightly from his toes, The psychic emination grows." - Pink Floyd
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tank!ncar!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!umn-d-ub!cs.umn.edu!hougen From: hougen@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Dean Hougen) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Can Machines Think? Summary: absurd alright Keywords: universe, laws of physics Message-ID: <1990Feb8.020751.6925@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> Date: 8 Feb 90 02:07:51 GMT References: <1037@ra.stsci.edu> <6902@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> <1995@moscom.UUCP> <1328@oravax.UUCP> <621@berlioz.nsc.com> Distribution: comp.ai Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - CSCI Dept. Lines: 14