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>From: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly)
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Subject: Re: Penrose on Man vs. Machine
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Date: 16 Jan 92 12:18:58 GMT
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>> Again, formalist arguments are *logically* irrefutable.  Consistent
>> use of AI koans such as "define understanding" can, like water against a
>> rock, wear down any counterargument from believers in meaning.  On the other
>> hand, since I hope that you have more than an artificial intelligence, I
>> can at least present some empirical evidence for your consideration.
>> 
>> -- Tal Kubo   kubo@zariski.harvard.edu

Indeed: de Bono makes much of water logic in his book, ``I am Right and
You are Wrong.''

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