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From: lambert@boring.uucp (Lambert Meertens)
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Subject: Re: re: Computer Dialogue #1
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Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 05:28:28 EST
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In article <2336@teddy.UUCP> rdp@teddy.UUCP (Richard D. Pierce) writes:
> In article <2321@teddy.UUCP> mjn@teddy.UUCP (Mark J. Norton) writes:
>> "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 :-))

This does not mean that a combination of many brain cells cannot, and the
same could apply to future brain cells with many times the capability of
today's brain cells.
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     Lambert Meertens
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     CWI (Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science), Amsterdam