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>From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green)
Subject: Re: Question: Minds and Machines
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
References: <1992May1.180642.15402@msc.cornell.edu> <1992May2.170158.5837@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <1992May5.201703.17963@psych.toronto.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 May 1992 20:17:03 GMT

In article <1992May2.170158.5837@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> bill@NSMA.AriZonA.EdU (Bill Skaggs) writes:
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>  Regarding (1), the greatest resemblence is at a very abstract level:
>both computers and brains are essentially information processing
>devices.  

Nothing like a little whole-hearted question-begging to get things off on the 
right foot, eh? Brains are no more *essentially* information processing
devices than weather systems are. If you define them as such from the outset,
it is little wonder you end up with the conclusion you had assumed. 
Nice try. :-)

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Christopher D. Green                christo@psych.toronto.edu
Psychology Department               cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto
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