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>From: petersow@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Wayne Peterson)
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Subject: Re: Ignore Searle and be happier
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Do you actually believe the library itself has knowledge?  The library
has the results of the knowledge of many people in the books in the racks,
but does a book have knowledge of what is written on its pages?
When a person reads a book perhaps some knowledge transferance 
occurs indirectly from one consciousness (the auther) to another
(the reader) ,but does the book now have the knowledge.  Likewise
does the computer know what is run on it.  Again I dont think you
can separate knowledge from consciousness.  Likewise we cant 
separate opinion from our dim conscousnesses.  As Plato said "This
is the world of opinion." There is very little knowledge in it
(or very little conscousness).  
Perhaps the difference between AI and I(ntelligence) is consciousness.


