From newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!das.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!zariski!zeleny Tue Jan 28 12:17:13 EST 1992
Article 3109 of comp.ai.philosophy:
Path: newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ogicse!das.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!zariski!zeleny
>From: zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Searle and the Curse of the Mediocre Philosop
Message-ID: <1992Jan24.033203.7991@husc3.harvard.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 92 08:32:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Jan24.033203.7991
References: <FN6qeB2w164w@depsych.Gwinnett.COM> <16890@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Jan23.111837.149@lrc.edu>
Organization: Dept. of Math, Harvard Univ.
Lines: 50
Nntp-Posting-Host: zariski.harvard.edu

In article <1992Jan23.111837.149@lrc.edu> 
lehman_ds@lrc.edu writes:

>In article <16890@castle.ed.ac.uk>, 
>cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:

>> In article <FN6qeB2w164w@depsych.Gwinnett.COM> 
>> rc@depsych.Gwinnett.COM (Richard Carlson) writes:

CM:
>> I nominate Richard Carlson for the 1992 Chinese Toilet Award. This is
>> awarded to the poster on the topic of the Chinese Room who posts the
>> most words on the topic without having read any Searle. Obviously we'll
>> need to wait out the rest of 1992, but RC is clearly a very powerful
>> contender who is going to be very hard to beat.
>> -- 
>> Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
>> Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
>> 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205

DL:
>  Chris, he may not have read Searle, or even be a good debater, and
>yes, he makes some conclusions that seem to have no basis, but we do not
>need people cutting up on others here.  If your argument is that strong,
>argue it with a cool head.  If you see that someone has obviously jumped
>on teh band wagon too soon, then say so, but do not stoop to low level 
>name calling.  Thank you.
>    Drew Lehman
>    Lehman_ds@lrc.edu

On the contrary, "we" (was that the royal `we', the editorial `we', or the
"me and my tapeworm" `we'? just wondering...) certainly need people cutting
up select, deserving others, if only for the sake of providing an adequate
incentive for the rest of the crowd to think before they clutter the net
with predictably ill-considered, discombobulated meanderings.  Thanks,
Chris, for the best laugh I've had this year.  As for you, Drew, pay
attention: you are setting yourself up as the next unwitting target.


`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
: Qu'est-ce qui est bien?  Qu'est-ce qui est laid?         Harvard   :
: Qu'est-ce qui est grand, fort, faible...                 doesn't   :
: Connais pas! Connais pas!                                 think    :
:                                                             so     :
: Mikhail Zeleny                                                     :
: 872 Massachusetts Ave., Apt. 707                                   :
: Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139           (617) 661-8151            :
: email zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu or zeleny@HUMA1.BITNET            :
:                                                                    :
'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`


