Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!htsa!fransvo From: fransvo@htsa.uucp (Frans van Otten) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Simulation vs Reality Message-ID: <854@htsa.uucp> Date: 2 May 89 11:07:53 GMT References: <11314@bcsaic.UUCP> <136@bach.nsc.com> Reply-To: fransvo@htsa.UUCP (Frans van Otten) Organization: AHA-TMF (Technical Institute), Amsterdam The Netherlands Lines: 17 In article , fn@jung.harlqn.uucp (Mr Beeblebrox) writes: > There has been a certain amount of discussion as to whether a simulation > of a meal could be good enough to be in effect a meal, or thereabouts. [..] > The Simulated Meal Syndrome > [..] > Similar to the hurricane, imagine a computer system that could simulate > not the meal itself (pictures etc) but can generate all the right signals Have you ever heard of a flight simulator ? These machines work so well that the pilot inside it really thinks he is flying a plane... -- Frans van Otten Don't blame me, I'm Algemene Hogeschool Amsterdam just another Modula 2 Technische en Maritieme Faculteit compiler writer ! fransvo@htsa.uucp