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From: gblee@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Geunbae Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Question on Chinese Room Argument
Keywords: Nil, Zero, Null Set
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Date: 12 Apr 89 17:20:23 GMT
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In article <49015@linus.UUCP> bwk@mbunix (Barry Kort) writes:
>In article <16873@cup.portal.com> dan-hankins@cup.portal.com
>(Daniel B Hankins) writes:
>
> > A symbol that means nothing is no symbol at all.
>
>How about the mathematical symbols for zero and the null set?
>How about the ASCII symbols for SPACE and NULL?
>
>--Barry Kort

Do you really think that the mathematical symbols for zero and null set AND
the ASCII symbols for space and null means NOTHING?
In my opinion, they mean SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT and FUNDAMENTAL !!!!

-- Geunbae Lee
   AI lab, UCLA