Descartes and dualism

[SupremeSpod]

These are the sort of juvenile reponses that substantiate my point. The stuff on here is banal drivel, I am really wasted on you lot. The baboons on here should get back to their bananas and leave the intellectual high ground to those with moral fortitude. There are only a couple of here I respect: Chico for his religous convection and Sandy for her big jugs.

Chico for his religous convection - Yeah, he's full of hot air!

Sandy for her big jugs - If Sandy has big jugs, they're made of pottery!

As for you Jabber, you could always piss off and leave us alone...

[sasguru]

... I am really wasted on you lot....

You're right, so piss off. I believe there's an Alpha Course you and your bum-chum Chico could attend.

[Jabberwocky]

>Chico for his religous convection - Yeah, he's full of hot air!

well spotted spud - thanks for spelling it out to the other members of your baboon troop.

[Jabberwocky]

It is funny how the male baboon when confronted with superior wit just resorts to derrogatory invective.

[sasguru]

It is funny how the male baboon when confronted with superior wit just resorts to derrogatory invective.

O great geezer of superior wit, learn to spell.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

[The Lone Gunman]

These are the sort of juvenile reponses that substantiate my point. The stuff on here is banal drivel, I am really wasted on you lot. The baboons on here should get back to their bananas and leave the intellectual high ground to those with moral fortitude. There are only a couple of people here I respect: Chico for his religious convection and Sandy for her big jugs.

Yes but, like Chico, you never give us any of your own ideas, only regurgitate cut n paste googles.

What do you think of the chinese room as opposed to turing? What are your thoughts on dualism and the seperation of the mind and body?

Why didnt you answer my posts on socialism?

Once more, to give you a fighting chance.
The Chinese room defines the Turing experiment more clearly in that it states that the person in the room follows a predefined programme where all the answers are known before hand.
The inplication from Turing is that the computer is a "proper" AI, in that it is not preprogrammed with all the answers, but that it works them out.

The seperation of mind and body is difficult, clearly a mind needs a residence, though not necessarily fully functional eg Steven Hawking.

[Bagpuss]

These are the sort of juvenile reponses that substantiate my point. The stuff on here is banal drivel, I am really wasted on you lot. The baboons on here should get back to their bananas and leave the intellectual high ground to those with moral fortitude. There are only a couple of people here I respect: Chico for his religious convection and Sandy for her big jugs.

They don't do a philosophy for dummies book yet!

[WageSlave]

Am I too late for all the bottom baring? Finally forced to do some work and while I'm away everyone's getting their arses out Oh well

I've always liked Searle's Chinese room argument. But is it really valid? Marvin Minsky would argue it isn't; it's trying to reduce consciousness to a single concept. Unfortunately, I'm forced to believe that the mind and the brain are one and the same. Now, back to the bare arses please.

[Dundeegeorge]

Do what?

Unfortunately, I'm forced to believe that the mind and the brain are one and the same.

Why unfortunately? And how could it be otherwise?

[sasguru]

If jabberwocky was serious and intelligent enough to discuss the issues rather than regurgitating some inadequately digested ideas, this could be an interesting discussion. Unfortunately he's a few years behind current thinking.
Modern neuroscience is slowly building up a body of evidence to show that the mind and brain are one and the same and that we're rather more nature than nuture. Regarding the Turing test, Chinese room argument etc, it's pretty obvious that there's a difference between syntax and semantics. Theoretically, why couldn't a computer behave like Hal in 2001? That is the ultimate strong AI. The answer is that we don't know yet.