Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!mwm From: mwm@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: Can computers think? - (nf) Message-ID: <9800005@ea.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 20:46:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.9800005 Posted: Mon Jun 11 20:46:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 23:45:10 EDT References: <1698@stolaf.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:stolaf:-169800:ea:9800005:000:682 Nf-From: ea!mwm Jun 11 19:46:00 1984 #R:stolaf:-169800:ea:9800005:000:682 ea!mwm Jun 11 19:46:00 1984 /***** 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. -- Carter Bullard School of ICS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Carter @ GaTech ARPA: Carter.GaTech @ CSNet-Relay uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ut-ngp,ut-sally}!gatech!carter /* ---------- */ 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?