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Article 5869 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: ske@pkmab.se (Kristoffer Eriksson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Grounding: Real vs. Virtual (formerly "on meaning")
Keywords: symbol, analog, Turing Test, robotics
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Date: 23 May 92 13:27:27 GMT
References: <1992May19.003821.9450@Princeton.EDU> <1992May19.221021.1619@psych.toronto.edu> <1992May20.030811.13711@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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In article <1992May20.030811.13711@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>  How can a human be raised in a completely virtual reality?  What is
>a virtual hunger pang?  What is a virtual runny nose?

Easy! Just dissect the brain, put it in a test tube, and plug the spinal
cord and other nerve bundels into the reality simulator computer. Even a
school-boy could do it.

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