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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Discovering What Nature Wants
Summary: Imagining the Possibilities and Constructing the Future
Keywords: Consciousness and Intentionality.
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Date: 18 Oct 89 04:13:04 GMT
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In article <2452@munnari.oz.au> ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe) writes:
 
 > If ``Nature'' can form intentions, it has a lot to answer for.

I agree.  In fact, if Nature is adopting some of it's goals through
subjective meditation, then perhaps it is time to review the Value
System through which the candidate goals are filtered.

--Barry Kort