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Article 7040 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: pindor@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: Grounding
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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 17:01:13 GMT

In article <IekmnLS00WBNE2hgMJ@andrew.cmu.edu> fb0m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Franklin Boyle) writes:
>Andrzej Pindor writes:
>
>>> Stephen Hawking (go and see Brief History of Time) has only TT 
>>> capacity, _not_ TTT capacity. Is his brain not grounded?
>
>I wasn't aware that Hawking was blind and without tactile sensing.
>Moreover, Hawking did not always suffer his current physical
>handicap.
>
OK, he is not strictly limited to TT capabilities only, but wouldn't you 
agree that his capabilities are closer to TT than TTT?
True, he did not always suffer his current physical handicap, but according to
Stephen Harnad it is not important which way do the external experiences
reach the brain (mind), TTT is crucial for grounding. Hawking lost most of his
TTT capability, has he lost most of his grounding?

>Perhaps you were just making a joke.
>
No.

>-Frank

Andrzej



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