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>From: orourke@unix1.cs.umass.edu (Joseph O'Rourke)
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Subject: Re: Definition of understanding
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Date: 5 Mar 92 21:07:38 GMT
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In article <1992Mar5.171258.11467@oracorp.com> daryl@oracorp.com writes:

>For example, suppose that every once
>and a while we lose consciousness for a fraction of second (all our
>qualia disappear). But during the period of non-consciousness, our
>bodies keep moving right along, behaviorally unchanged. When we come
>to our senses a fraction of a second later, our memories have been
>updated with whatever sense impressions our bodies received while we
>were "out", so we have no memory of losing consciousness. If you admit
>that possibility, ...

	This description of a hypothetical situation closely resembles 
the very real phenomenon of a petit mal epileptic seizure. 


