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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence
Summary: Now that's a religion I can believe in!
Keywords: Religion, Belief Systems
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Date: 28 Dec 88 00:12:01 GMT
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In article <1904@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> geb@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu
(Gordon E. Banks) injects in interesting thought:

 > ... I am sure religion will survive the creation
 > of artificial persons.  Wouldn't it be interesting if these artificial
 > persons were also religious?  (Maybe I'll write a SF story about this.)

If artificial persons exhibit the property of seeking new knowledge,
then they will profess a belief system which motivates their behavior.
They will profess the belief that new knowledge awaits their discovery,
and that puzzles and unsolved problems will succumb to thoughtful
lines of reasoning and meticulous methods of investigation.

Perhaps we should coin a name for this system of religious belief.
I propose we call it Science.

--Barry Kort