On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Brent Meeker<meeke...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >> >> The living brain and the executing computer program both just >> represent the contents of my conscious experience, in the same way >> that a map represents the actual terrain. > > When you set fire to a map the land doesn't burn. >
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