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>From: stgprao@xing.unocal.com (Richard Ottolini)
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Subject: Re: mean,meaner,MEANING-est/ intention-and-self the buddhist way
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Date: 3 Mar 92 01:16:59 GMT
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In article <kr5b29INN4hu@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber) writes:
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> According to the Buddhist tradition of analysis of the self, it is 
> the absence of intention which allows the self to be fully present.
> Also, the deepest understanding, in the buddhist view, comes when
> one is freed from intentionality. 

What the heck does all this abstract discussion have to do with the goals
of A.I., hard or soft?


