Re: virus: kurzweil cuts the mustard

sodom (Sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:00:40 -0500


My apologies, insulting you was not my desire. I felt it was irrational
because one statement did not lead to the conclusion. I dont have your
mail in this mailbox - if I remember correctly, the statement was
something like:

"We dont even understand consciousness so it is impossible to make" I
know the wording is wrong. The point is that lack of fully understanding
something does not imply that you cannot recreate it.

As for how do you know? Communicating a unique perspective would be
fairly convincing to me. Basically performing tasks that require multple
traits of consciousness - like laughing at a joke and communicationg
perspective. It would require a decent combination of tasks.

Bill Roh

Robin Faichney wrote:

> In message <368AACA8.78A965F9@ma.ultranet.com>, sodom
> <Sodom@ma.ultranet.com> writes
> >i dont see why you need to understand consciousness to recreate
> something
> >similar (although it certainly helps).
>
> How do you know when you've succeeded?
>
> >Also - you basic arguments aren't
> >rational.
>
> You might be more persuasive if you explained my "irrationality".
> As it stands, that's just an insult.
> --
> Robin