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From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
Subject: Re: Minsky's new article (was: Roger Penro
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In article <3b5noj$7gl@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>In <Czu78u.3GK@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) writes:
>
>>In article <3atq6b$7sd@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>>>In <Czou9A.110@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) writes:
>
>>>>If Penrose hadn't attached AI, but had instead confined himself
>>>>to his speculations on the physics of consciousness, would there
>>>>be these big flame fests in comp.ai.philosophy.  No.
>
>>>Give it a break, Jeff.  That "flame fest" was cross posted to a large
>>>number of newsgroups, and the participation of regular c.a.p.
>>>participants seems to have been a relatively small part of the
>>>discussion.
>
>>I see you've decided to exploit the detail of what I said rather
>>than give a proper answer.
>
>Does the following satisfy you as a more "proper" answer:
>
>If Penrose had not mentioned AI or cognition, there would probably
>have been little discussion on c.a.p.  Most of the discussion would
>have occurred in the editorial board, which would have rejected his
>manuscript.

Yes.

-- jeff
