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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend")
Subject: Re: Cognitive viruses (was: Re: Conciousness)
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 22:22:17 GMT

In article <11144@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes:
>In article <1991Apr18.120150.10001@santra.uucp> krista@niksula.hut.fi (Krista Hannele Lagus) writes:
>>Yeah, I've been trying this self-awareness....and I can be at most 3 
>>times aware of being aware of myself...
>
>Beware of going to deep into self-awareness.  If a certain twist takes place,
>the most pernicious cognitive virus will occur that will cause temporary
>insanity (until the brain self-adjusts).
>
>I don't want to give any more details than that...


Read _Synners_, by Pat Cadigan.  Lots of AI virus fun. 'nuff said.



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