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Article 7178 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: paul@colosus.convergent.com (Paul Zimmerman)
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Subject: Re: Brain and Mind (was: Logic and God)
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In article <1222@tdat.teradata.COM>, swf@teradata.com (Stanley Friesen) writes:
 
| The only way in which it can be shown that the execution of an algorithm
| of some particular sort cannot achieve consciousness is to show that some
| critical portion of the process used by the human brain is not representable
| as some algorithm.

The only way in which it can be shown that the execution of an algorithm
of some particular sort cannot _fly_like_a_bird_ is to show that some
critical portion of the process used by _birds_in_flight_ is not representable
as some algorithm.

I expect to have my PC flying around my living room any day now, as soon as I
come up with the right algorithm. ;^)

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