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Subject: Re: re: Computer Dialogue #1
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Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 08:59:30 EST
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> Maybe not, but this only applies to present-day computers.  "Some people
> realize that brain cells don't feel emotions any more than toasters do"...
> doesn't mean that a combination of many brain cells cannot, and the same
> could apply to future computers with many times the capability of today's
> computers.

"Some people realize that brain cells don't feel emotions any more than
toasters do"... doesn't mean that a combination of many toasters cannot, and
the same could apply to future toasters with many times the capability of
today's toasters.
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		Mark J. Norton
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