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Article 5468 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: thomas@ckgp.UUCP (Michael Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: brains and information processing
Summary: diddle-daddle diddle-daddle
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Date: 7 May 92 16:40:44 GMT
References: <1992May1.180642.15402@msc.cornell.edu> <1992May6.205923.14479@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
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In article <1992May6.205923.14479@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, bill@NSMA.AriZonA.EdU (Bill Skaggs) writes:
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>   All right.  I am willing to be enlightened.  Brains must have a
> function or they would not exist.  How would you describe that
> function?

    Be careful kids... Don't assume that the brain has the "function"
of logic or intelligence (or what have YOU) just because humans maintain
these qualities... There are tons of non-human brains wandering around
out there in the world; (with minds and all!); and yet still, WE might
not say that they maintain these qualites (why not I don't know?)...
none theless my point is that whatever the "function" of the brain is,
it is not what an extremely small species (human) of this planet maintains in
abundance (hence the for mentioned qualities and others).

(just my 10 cents worth)

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