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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Believe me, Marcus, in any pragmatic world, you dog feels. That your aunt would ever doubt such a thing is part of Descartes’ poisonous legacy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Did we actually meet meat? I don’t remember when. Rumor has it that you are in the BayArea now. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nick <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clark University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcus Daniels<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 22, 2020 10:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] A longer response to Dave's question<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>< </span></b>Pps: Do I have more or less evidence that Christ Existed than I do that Marcus exists. I have never met either of them, but of both, I can say, “I have read a lot of his writings and I know a lot of people who believe in him and speak highly of him. “ What would constitute indoubitable proof of the Existence of Marcus. ><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My aunt witnessed my dog snuggling with me and then, with some disgust, likened it to a daughter. Every time I leave my dog cries and desperately wants to go with me. Yet my aunt accuses that the dog doesn’t really care about me, and that my priorities are strange for planning around my dog’s needs. I wonder why my aunt would suggest that a human daughter would have more authentic feelings? Are there authentic feelings at all? If Marcus is a bot that responds to text having a certain structure in a formulaic way (and I surely do), what difference does it make if I exist in human form? Why can’t Marcus-bot be said to exist? (Actually I have met Nick in meat space, and he simply denies my existence!) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marcus<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>