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From: mike@cs.arizona.edu (Mike Coffin)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: The Emperor's New Mind (Book Review)
Message-ID: <16258@megaron.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 19 Dec 89 15:33:32 GMT
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Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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From article <14975@well.UUCP>, by wcalvin@well.UUCP (William Calvin):
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> Roger Penrose's book THE EMPEROR'S NEW MIND (Oxford UP 1989) was reviewed by
> the philosopher Daniel Dennett [...]
>       ...   The inevitable first impression, then, is that the book is
>       the ultimate academic shaggy-dog story, a tale whose fascinating
>       digressions outweigh the punch-line by a large factor.....

This is true, but the digressions are worth the price of the book.
Penrose covers an *amazing* amoung of ground in this book; almost all
of it is fascinating.  I agree with the reviewer that the punch line
is weak, but don't let that deter you from reading it.
-- 
Mike Coffin				mike@arizona.edu
Univ. of Ariz. Dept. of Comp. Sci.	{allegra,cmcl2}!arizona!mike
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