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From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
Subject: Re: Roger Penrose's New Book (in HTML) 1.0
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In article <3811pl$e6@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com>,
Jack Sarfatti <sarfatti@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>In <JMC.94Oct18150624@white.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il> jmc@white.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il (McCarthy John) writes: 
>
>>
>>I see nothing in mind that requires more than classical physics.
>>Indeed it can all be done with ordinary computer programs.  Penrose's
>>arguments to the contrary in his _The Emperor's New Mind_ are
>>fallacious and ignorant of the entire artificial intelligence
>>technical literature.  Not one of his more than 200 references is to
>>that literature.  I would be surprised if he has read any AI for his
>>second book.
>>
>
>What is the "crackpot index" of the above?

Is this the JMC who invented the term A.I. and LISP?
Normally he hangs around Stanford, but could be on sabbatical.
Then too, people have been known to have their names forged
on the net.
The real JMC does hold strong opinions on various subjects
as anyone who reads Stanford bboards would see.

