From newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!nexus.yorku.ca!tony Mon May 25 14:05:15 EDT 1992
Article 5636 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Tony Wallis)
Subject: Re: Intelligence is dead
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Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 14:01:13 GMT

A chemical machine labelled Henry Choy emits :
> A person is made of matter, chemicals .. can only do what the
> chemicals dictate.  There are no choices .. no intelligence.
> A person responds to .. environment, .. a computer .. similarly.
> .. program .. just an algorithm .. no intelligence.
> When we look at a person we see just his forced reaction.
> No intelligence.  My IQ = 0.

OK, fair enough.  Now try asserting (in the rougher parts of
town) that you don't feel pain.

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tony@nexus.yorku.ca = Tony Wallis, York University, Toronto, Canada



