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<div dir="ltr">Maybe I missed something that makes this redundant
but if a highschool student asked me what the <i>hard problem</i>
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?
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<div>Nick would say if it behaves as if it thinks then it
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<p>I think I think, therefore I think I am? A real-world exercise
in terminating tail recursion? Waddya think?<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 7:50 PM
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thought this was a support group for recovering (or just<br>
self-indulgent) metaphorists... you mean it's not? Why do I
feel like<br>
I'm in a scene from "Fight Club"? I guess that would make me
more of<br>
an allegorist?<br>
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> Is it? You people can't help yourselves. It's compulsive.
You might want to get some help for that.<br>
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> On 5/4/20 10:47 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote:<br>
>> 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!<br>
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