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From: "James P. Lynch III" <jlynch@oacs.nswc.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: What makes us human/life? 
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A note from... 
James P. "Jim" Lynch, III; 
703-663-5426 (v), -1695 (fax); jlynch@relay.nswc.navy.mil

On Mon, 3 Jul 1995, Ralf Philipp wrote:
> same manner as some randomly chosen person. It (externally) is the same as a 
> human. It eats, drinks, breathes, etc. Internally it is some sort of computer 
> {brain} with a really nice piece of software {mind}. It can reproduce with 
> other humans.

> Is this a form of life? Is this a human being? What kind of rights would this 
> thing/person/begin have in a courtroom?

Sounds like a Turing Test for alife!  
