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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Mind as Turing Machine
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Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 15:13:54 EST
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>>We cannot now do X THEREFORE we cannot ever do X
>> where X = build a heavier than air flying machine
>>         = transmute one substance into another
>>         = model brain behaviour with a computer etc etc etc

> Well, the correct analogy in the first case is
>   X = Build a Flying machine with flapping wings
> and in the second case
>   X = Transmute a substance using alchemy
> which fit well with the third
>   X = Model the brain with a VonNeuman machine
> 
> I'm not arguing that we can't model the brain with a computer. [WINGATE]

The argument is with those who insist that we cannot model the brain
with a machine at all.
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"Mrs. Peel, we're needed..."			Rich Rosen 	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr