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Article 5325 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: andrewr@highland.oz.au (Andrew Rothwell)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: What is Intelligence anyway? (Was: Re: Intelligence, awareness, etc)
Message-ID: <1992Apr29.025810.10175@highland.oz.au>
Date: 29 Apr 92 02:58:10 GMT
Organization: Highland Logic
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in article <1992Apr27.083621.9441@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, zirdum@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Antun Zirdum) says:
> 
> There is nothing deeper than the bottom! I think that we are
> all making a mistake of looking for something that is not
> there, this is unlike looking for a black cat in a dark room
> - the cat is really there! As I have said before, What if anything
> do you do to determine that something is intelligent/aware. ( I
> combine these terms as I cannot imagine awareness without
> intelligence, and vice.v)

You know...just when one thinks (s)he understands intelligence the next
minute (s)he smiles and feels a little foolish. And so we continue.

Awareness and intelligence are separable. Meditation will show you this.
(Aside: Is my ability to focus/enhance my field of attention
predicated on my being intelligent...? Find out.)

Andrew.


