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From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
Subject: Re: Penrose's new book
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>In article <CxzFpL.H0@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) writes:
>...
>   do you think all aspects of the brain can be reproduced digitally?

Depends on your goal.
To make an interesting artificial intelligence, mimicking the brain
may be no more necessary than a flying machine flapping wings.
To understand human intelligence and psychology, then such may
be interesting and important.
