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From: jwi@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Do dogs love their humans (was: Can machines think....)
Summary: Forty-four words for think
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Date: 2 Mar 90 15:00:22 GMT
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> >Jim Winer writes:

> >Language is exactly the point. The French have 47 words for love, the Eskimos
> >have 47 words for snow, and the English language speakers have one word for
> >think -- obviously, thinking is not a large part of our culture. As a result,

The following list of words was kindly supplied by (daniel mocsny). The comments
are my own:-)

WORD			HUMANS		MACHINES
--------------		-------------	---------------------
cogitate		aparently	unknown
reflect			yes		yes
consider		yes		yes
ponder			yes		yes
introspect		yes		maybe
use one's mind		no		maybe
apply the mind		no		maybe
reason			no		yes
deliberate		yes		yes
mull over		yes		yes
contemplate		yes		yes
meditate		yes		yes (at least outer and center path)
ruminate		yes		probably not (no stomach)
have in mind		yes		yes
dwell on		yes		no (obsessive behavior)
brood			yes		no (obsessive behavior)
keep in mind		yes		yes
remember		occasionally	yes
recall			occasionally	yes
recollect		occasionally	yes
use one's wits		no		unknown
rack one's brain	certainly	no
believe			yes		no
deem (?)		yes		no
judge			always		appropriately
surmise			yes		yes
presume			yes		no
anticipate		yes		yes
conclude		incorrectly	yes
guess			yes		unknown
suppose			yes		yes (decision support)
reckon			yes		yes
expect			yes		yes
speculate		yes		yes
imagine			not usually	no
conceive		not usually	unknown
fancy			yes		plain
intend			yes		yes
purpose			yes		yes
propose			yes		yes
plane (plan?)		yes		yes
mean			very		not usually
design			occasionally	yes
contrive		frequently	rarely

(Dan Mocsny)		(Jim 		Winer)



Jim Winer -- jwi@mtfme.att.com -- Opinions not represent employer.
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