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>From: sparky@wixer.cactus.org (Timothy Sheridan)
Subject: Re: definition of consciousness
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In article <3196@ucl-cs.uucp> G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly) writes:
>Bill Skaggs writes:
> > tim@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Tim Roberts) writes:
> >
> >    > Consciousness is to the study of the brain what phlogiston is to
> >    > the study of combustion.
> >
> > How about:  Consciousness is to the study of the brain what *flame* is
> > to the study of combustion?
> >
> > 	-- Bill
>
>
>How about: Consciousness is to the study of the consciousness what
>consciousness is to the study of consciousness?
>
>But I recurse...
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This is fun....how bout:

consctiosness is to the brain as
walking is to legs, music to the piano, footprints to mud....

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