🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <26439@castle.ed.ac.uk>, cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep30.010007.21214@leland.Stanford.EDU> ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards) writes:
|> 
|> >Second, it
|> >seems advantageous to be conscious of pain (i.e. be able to think about it)
|> >so that one can figure out why one is in pain. That way one can avoid similar
|> >situations in the future, or one can choose to ignore the pain if the
|> >situation requires. 
|> 
|> There are chess programs which manage to figure out why they are in
|> check, can learen how to avoid it in future, put up with it if
|> neceessary for some greater purpose, etc., all without needing to be
|> conscious of being in check. 

True enough, but a chess board is a bit more structured of an environment
than the world we live in ... and there aren't too many succesful chess
programs that can ignore the fact that they are in check :-) yes, I realize 
that chess programs probably do ignore some potential threats if they
are not in immediate check.

Anyway, it's getting late but conciousness is tied to free will and free will
is tied to the fact that this universe is kinda random ... and I am outa here!

-Larry