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Article 7266 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: tobis@meteor.wisc.edu (Michael Tobis)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Simulated Brain
Message-ID: <1992Oct14.152444.21325@meteor.wisc.edu>
Date: 14 Oct 92 15:24:44 GMT
References: <1992Oct14.023633.14791@news.media.mit.edu> <1992Oct14.033233.14444@meteor.wisc.edu> <BILL.92Oct14020023@ca3.nsma.arizona.edu>
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In article <BILL.92Oct14020023@ca3.nsma.arizona.edu> bill@nsma.arizona.edu (Bill Skaggs) writes:
>tobis@meteor.wisc.edu (Michael Tobis) writes:
>
>> Um, but I have no need to postulate a Boojum; I AM a Boojum.
>
>	"In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
>		In the midst of his laughter and glee,
>	He had softly and suddenly vanished away---
>		For the Snark _was_ a Boojum, you see."

Note that it was Thingumbob, not the Snark, who vanished. I think it
very plausible that Carroll really was talking about the hunt for the
ineffable among the effed. Note this typical AI argument at the beginning
of the epic:

	"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
		That alone should encourage the crew.
	Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
		What I tell you three times is true."

mt


