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>From: petersow@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Wayne Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: O-I ( other intelligence )
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Date: 20 Apr 92 17:46:26 GMT
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Dr Minsky writes in response to Mr Andrews:

>Good questions!  I often wonder how to find out, when my cat jumps up
>onto a table, if it has some sort of representation for anticipating
>finding a surface when it gets there. 

What concept of gravity must a dolphin have as it jumps out
of the water.  In the water there must be little experience of
gravity because of the water's buoyancy. The dolphin could think
that it would never return to the water, like a leap into space.

Wayne Peterson
"Reality, what a concept!"


