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Subject: Re: re: Computer Dialogue #1
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Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 09:00:49 EST
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In article <2321@teddy.UUCP> mjn@teddy.UUCP (Mark J. Norton) writes:
>
>> 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.
>-- 

But, then again, brain cells can't toast bread. (1/2 :-))