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From: cam@aipna.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Searle, Strong AI, and Chinese Rooms
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Date: 9 Dec 90 22:45:59 GMT
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In article <28345@mimsy.umd.edu> kohout@drinkme.cs.umd.edu (Robert Kohout) writes:

>"At the fundamental level, matter is discreet, ...

A reference to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle? Or, more generally,
the idea that Knowing How It All Works is fundamentally beyond our
punny minds?
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Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aipna   +44 31 667 1011 x2550
Department of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK             DoD #205