[FRIAM] Warring Darwinians for Glen, Steve

[Steven A Smith]

> Maybe I missed something that makes this redundant but if a highschool
> student asked me what the /hard problem/ is I would say:  There
> appears to be no limit to how competent computers can be.  They seem
> to be able to do just about anything that people think requires
> thought.  But I am persuaded that they can't think.  What makes the
> difference between thinking people and hypercompetent computers? 
>
> Nick would say if it behaves as if it thinks then it thinks.  I think.

I think I think, therefore I think I am?    A real-world exercise in
terminating tail recursion?  Waddya think?


>
> Frank
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 7:50 PM Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com
> <mailto:sasmyth at swcp.com>> wrote:
>
>     I thought this was a support group for recovering (or just
>     self-indulgent) metaphorists... you mean it's not?   Why do I feel
>     like
>     I'm in a scene from "Fight Club"?   I guess that would make me more of
>     an allegorist?
>
>     > Is it? You people can't help yourselves. It's compulsive. You
>     might want to get some help for that.
>     >
>     > On 5/4/20 10:47 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
>     >> Choosing one's rifle is so concrete.  It makes me want to run
>     out and blow away a few cacti.  Oh, it's a metaphor!
>
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