On 15/12/2008, at 2:16 PM, Colin Hales wrote:
> An ability to deny self-awareness as a marker of self awareness. You > can use this as a logical bootstrap to sort things out. > > I like it! > > cheers > colin hales Anyone remember George Levy? Here is what he said about this: ..this only proves that any "sane" machine cannot be sure that it thinks correctly. So the sane machine would say: "I think but, since I may be insane, I am not sure if I am." Only the insane machine would positively assert "I think therefore I am!" So we know now where Descartes belongs: in an insane asylum, as do most philosophers, religious leaders and politicians. - George Levy > > Email: kmjco...@mac.com kimjo...@ozemail.com.au Web: http://web.mac.com/kmjcommp/Plenitude_Music Phone: (612) 9389 4239 or 0431 723 001 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-l...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
