Re: John Searle

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From: Danny
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:36

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In article <1992Dec8.005705.29789@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>>I *am* going to be extremely intrigued about the internal causal
>>structure of this black pebble, ...
>
>It contains a miniature low-power radio transceiver (and rock).  Are you
>still convinced it is conscious?

I will be 100% convinced that whatever is on the other end of the radio
transceiver (plus other possible causal links) is sentient/conscious.  But
lets say for the sake of argument that we did the communication in such a 
way that the radio wasn't possible (ie inside an EM shielded lab).

Danny.

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