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Article 2229 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: orourke@unix1.cs.umass.edu (Joseph O'Rourke)
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Subject: Re: Searle's response to silicon brain?
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Date: 18 Dec 91 14:03:25 GMT
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In article <40825@dime.cs.umass.edu> yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu (victor yodaiken) writes:
>In article <40822@dime.cs.umass.edu> orourke@sophia.smith.edu (Joseph O'Rourke) writes:
>>Can anyone tell me if Searle has reacted to the counter-
>>Gedanken experiment of replacing each neuron in a brain
>>with a silicon, digital, neuron simulator?  [...]
>
>What is it with the hatred of science expressed by so many of you AI types?
>There is no evidence to suggest that silicon digital neuron simulators can
>mimic real neurons ... [...]

First, I was asking if Searle had responded to this idea.  It seems
an unjustified leap from this question to "hatred of science."
Second, I am suggesting a *thought* experiment, so the lack of
evidence claimed is only relevant if a digital neuron simulator
is impossible *in principle*.


