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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: intelligence for humans
Message-ID: <2555@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 14:55:01 EST
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["At last!  My new gorilla-detector machine!  They can't fool me now!"]

> It is interesting that many people seem to define "intelligence"
> as "what human beings do".  Many times I have heard arguements
> that basically come down to:  "X isn't a human being, therefore
> it isn't intelligent."
> 
> David Messer   UUCP:  ...ihnp4!quest!dave

Well, there are two approaches to defining intelligence.

1)	As a trait that helps you survive.  But people do a lot
	of stupid things and get killed in ways that animals don't,
	so ...

2)	As a human trait.  This is much nicer.  Now when viruses
	pass info to one another, it isn't intelligence--it's only
	a disease conspiracy.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
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