From: Luke (wlgriffiths@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 30 2009 - 08:58:49 MST
I agree with Matt. If a human is a machine, then the definition of
"machine" is any physical system. Which would mean ... every thing in
existence is a machine.
Which would mean ... "machine" is a synonym for "thing"
Which would mean ... "machine" is a useless word.
- Luke
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Matt Paul <lizardblue@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> If humans are machines, then isn't the existence of humans a trivial
>> proof that human intelligence can be recreated in a machine?
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>> I would say not necessarily. I guess if you think the only thing a human
> is is a machine. Personally I think there is more to us than that.
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