[FRIAM] computer models of the mind

[Robert Holmes]

Not strictly true I think. Sure, Linux can't run without a PC but does that
mean it can't exist without one? Linux started its existence in Torvalds'
head before it appeared on a CPU and if all CPUs vanished tomorrow it would
still exist in his and other experts heads.

Similarly, who says I can't have a mind without a body? Won't it carry on
existing in the mind of the Intelligent Designer?

Robert

On 7/19/06, Carlos Gershenson <cgershen at vub.ac.be> wrote:
>
> > Minds do not, in our common talk, have arms, legs, mouths, eyes, etc.,
>
> Yes, but you cannot have a (human) mind without a body.
>
> In a similar way, you cannot have e.g. Linux running without a PC,
> and Linux doesn't have a CPU, HD, RAM, etc...
>
> This has lead people to either aim at real world robotics as the only
> way forward in AI, or at developing inside the computer complex
> bodies and environments...
>
> Best regards,
>
>      Carlos Gershenson...
>      Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
>      Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium
>      http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/
>
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