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From: pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: Is the mind/brain deterministic?
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 19:45:30 GMT
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In article <kovskyCzBLv2.IsI@netcom.com>, Bob Kovsky <kovsky@netcom.com> wrote:
>In article <HPM.94Nov13161842@cart.frc.ri.cmu.edu>,
..........
>	Given enough computer power and time, and his own determination, 
>Prof. Moravec may well succeed in building a mobile robot control program 
>that can perform in a relatively clean indoor environment.  I am more 
>skeptical about its ability to navigate on the street where speedy response 
>to happenstance events is needed.  And I see little likelihood that a robot 
>will ever be able to navigate in a forested wilderness.  It is there that 
>a fly functions superbly.  The reasons for its superiority deserve 
>consideration.
>
I hope your skepticism is open to empirical verification. How about
Martian and Lunar rovers, which navigated in non-terrestial wilderness?
>
>    Bob Kovsky          |  A Natural Science of Freedom 

Andrzej
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