Re: Full Skeptics??

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Posted by grasshopper on January 04, 1997 at 09:23:16:

In Reply to: Re: Full Skeptics?? posted by Stephen Charchuk on January 03, 1997 at 23:13:37:

: : I puppet can ask questions, or rather it could seem to ask questions. I've
: : created some good computer programs, maybe my thoughts are nothing more
: : than a program...every thought is nothing more than a program...so I could
: : say 'I think' but that is just part of the program....?

: Of course it is part of a program. Our brains operate almost in the same way as computers do, with many interconnected nets and nodes and sub-programs. We are self-programming.

I'm not talking self-programming...I'm saying I may be a machine, nothing
more there is no self no self-determination...I do not think I am merely
a preset programmed device-nothing more.

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Re: Full Skeptics?? Stephen Charchuk 11:31:59 1/04/97 (11)
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        Re: Full Skeptics?? grasshopper 12:34:15 1/06/97 (6)
        
        Re: Full Skeptics?? Stephen Charchuk 00:14:06 1/07/97 (5)
        
        Re: Full Skeptics?? grasshopper 17:29:47 1/07/97 (0)
        
        Re: Full Skeptics?? jeff 12:06:00 1/07/97 (3)
        
        Re: Full Skeptics?? grasshopper 17:27:01 1/07/97 (1)
        
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: : : I puppet can ask questions, or rather it could seem to ask questions. I've : : : created some good computer programs, maybe my thoughts are nothing more : : : than a program...every thought is nothing more than a program...so I could : : : say 'I think' but that is just part of the program....? : : Of course it is part of a program. Our brains operate almost in the same way as computers do, with many interconnected nets and nodes and sub-programs. We are self-programming. : I'm not talking self-programming...I'm saying I may be a machine, nothing : more there is no self no self-determination...I do not think I am merely : a preset programmed device-nothing more.

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