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From: ellis@unix.SRI.COM (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Question on Chinese Room Argument
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Date: 3 Mar 89 02:42:53 GMT
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Reply-To: ellis@unix.sri.com (Michael Ellis)
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> Jeff Dalton >> David Sher

>>Does anyone believe that they can build a machine with a soul?  It is
>>just as easy to build in Searle's "understanding."
>
>It's certainly true that it's hard to see what could ever convince
>Searle that anything had understanding.  

    Then you missed something. Searle is *already convinced* that at least:

    1. Searle has it
    2. Other humans have it

-michael