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From: cjr@unirot.UUCP (Charles Riordan)
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Subject: Re: Computer Dialogue #1
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Date: Sun, 16-Mar-86 21:09:43 EST
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Summary: Transactional analysis

Wow, that was really far out! You are some cool dud, Barry.

Now I understand some of the problems I've been having in dealing
with computers. I forget that they have feelings to, just like we do.
Their souls are like on another plane from ours, so like we don't
hear what their feeling. If only people would recognize that machines
are people to, then we could like relate to them so much better.

Some of us have learned to come to an understanding with plants and
animals. Maybe we can come to the same sort of understanding with
machines. If we let our minds work on that plane. I thought the
metaforical parts about data interpretion was pretty good to.
Some people just don't want to believe that machines could be just
like us, with souls and everything. They're too hung up on their
preconceptions about what machines are to believe that. I hope
your article enleightened them a little.

Some people seem to think it's inappropiate to compare humans and
machines as Barry has done. They think that we have something like, deep
within us that machines don't, a soul. I'm glad Barry had the courage to
let people know that machines have souls just like us humans do.
-- 
Peace,
	CJ			(Charles J. Riordan - unirot!cjr)