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Subject: Re: Can computers think? - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 20:46:00 EDT
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/***** ea:net.philosophy / gatech!carter /  6:38 pm  Jun  9, 1984 */
What I find interesting is that it appears far easier for man
to accept that he is more similar to a machine than a monkey.
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Carter Bullard
School of ICS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
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Can I assume that a :-) got dropped by UUCPNet in this article?

Or do I need to point out that the theory of evolution holds that our
hardware is similar to a monkeys, where AI tends to suppose that software
can be built that is similar to ours?