Originally posted by NotAllThere
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“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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It makes the local constabulary even happier. To the tune of £60, 3 points, and one more solved "crime" on the slate.Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostSounds like you are saying that what you (personally) want and makes you happy is not legal. Oh dear.
Still, who am I to talk. Sometimes I want to do 35 in a 30 MPH zone, and that makes me happy!
His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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thats what Stephen Hawking says at least. Kinda what I believe too..Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostComment
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Define "consciousness".Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
I had no consciousness for several hours last night. I wasn't dead. When I woke up I still knew what I knew before I went to sleep, as did my computer when I woke it up.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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The clue lies in the underlined words. Notice you said you woke it up not "him" or "her" up.Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
The computer doesn't know its its an "I" - at least at the current state of the art.Hard Brexit now!
#prayfornodealComment
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So whether or not something is sentient is defined by which English pronoun is used?Originally posted by sasguru View Post
In German a Computer is a 'He'. Are German computers smarter than ours?Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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How do you know that you know now what you knew when you went to sleep? You might have invented a cure for cretinism but have completely forgotten all about it.Originally posted by VectraMan View PostEngland's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.Comment
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What if your brain rots after you die? or smash your pc with a hammer. There will be no turning it on again because parts essential to running it are gone.Originally posted by Uncle Albert View Post
Life is just a flow of matter, our atoms later become fertiliser and become plants that get eaten by cows etc..... matter flows around the universe.Comment
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Cogito ergo sum
...and that's what separates me from some of the posters on here.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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