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From: andrew@dtg.nsc.com (Lord Snooty @ The Giant Poisoned Electric Head       )
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Can Machines Think?
Summary: extrapolation ad absurdam
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Date: 8 Feb 90 00:27:42 GMT
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If we substitute "universe" for "chinese room", and "the laws of physics"
for "the rules of chinese language", are we to conclude that the cosmos
is a conscious entity?
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Andrew Palfreyman	andrew@dtg.nsc.com	Albania before April!