RE: virus: kurzweil cuts the mustard

Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Sun, 3 Jan 1999 19:26:36 -0800

The term "conscious" is simply a distinction (meme). Whether or not anything or anyone is conscious depends on the meaning (definition in a particular context) of the term.

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From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf Of David McFadzean
Sent: Sunday, January 3, 1999 6:46 PM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: kurzweil cuts the mustard

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From: Robin Faichney <robin@faichney.demon.co.uk> To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com> Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: virus: kurzweil cuts the mustard

>includes speech acts). It is because there is,
>in fact, no objective truth about whether a given
>thing is or is not conscious. It is never simply
>and straightforwardly true either that the thing
>is conscious or is not conscious

Are you saying there is no truth to the matter of whether or not you are conscious?