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- From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: What is consciousness?
- Message-ID: <eDLDuB2w165w@kalki33>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 03:56:49 EST
- References: <1992Nov14.092922.8365@nic.funet.fi>
- Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us
- Organization: Kalki's Infoline BBS, Aiken, SC, USA
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- TMakinen writes:
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- > In article <aFc5TB5w165w@kalki33> kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us writes:
- > >Yes, it is a crude example. Another example is the car and the driver.
- > >The car has tinted windows, so no one can see in and know for sure that
- > >there is a driver inside. But those who understand cars know that the
- > >car is moving because there is a conscious driver inside who is
- > >steering, etc.
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- > Yes, it is a crude example. Another example is the factory robot and the
- > driver.
- > The robot has closed covering, so no one can see in and know for sure that
- > there is a driver inside. But those who understand robots know that the
- > robot is moving because there is a conscious driver program inside who is
- > steering, etc.
-
- No. Those who understand robots know that the robot was programmed by an
- intelligent being, and that is why it is moving.
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- Sincerely,
- Kalki Dasa
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