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From: bryan@seradg.Dayton.NCR.COM (Bryan Klopfenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Flawed human minds
Message-ID: <853@seradg.Dayton.NCR.COM>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 13:43:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: seradg.853
Posted: Tue Oct 20 13:43:26 1987
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References: <270@uwslh.UUCP> <15196@topaz.rutgers.edu> <1368@houdi.UUCP> <331@odyssey.ATT.COM> <359@white.gcm>
Reply-To: bryan@seradg.Dayton.NCR.COM (Bryan Klopfenstein)
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In article <359@white.gcm> dc@white.UUCP (Dave Caswell) writes:
>>> Factually, we know the mind is flawed because we observe that it does
>>> not do what we expect of it.
>>
>Factually, the mind knows the mind is flawed because the mind observes the
>mind not doing what the mind expects the mind to do.

So, is the mind flawed because it expects the wrong thing, or is the mind
flawed because it observes incorrectly, or is the mind flawed because it does
not live up to its expectations? Or is this a ridiculous question and a flawed
mind does not have the capability to evaluate itself, thus making it unable to
determine whether or not is really is flawed?

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