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From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
Subject: Re: Penrose and Searle (was Re: Roger Penrose's fixed ideas)
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In article <3b7rb1$qo1@news-rocq.inria.fr> ziane@nuri.inria.fr (ziane mikal -) writes:
>[mention of Searle's argument on the material used]
>
>I see absolutely no reason to support the idea that some
>special material (neurons ?) is necessary to intelligence
>and many to support the contrary. I guess that we agrre on this. 

Searle agrees too.  He doesn't think neurons are necessary.

-- jd

