On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com>wrote:
"An apple isn't an apple unless an *actual* worm can live in it." A simulated apple is a perfectly real and objective phenomenon, it's true that a real worm can't live in one but a simulated worm can. It's important not to confuse levels however, a simulated flame won't burn your computer but it will burn a simulated object. A real flame won't burn the laws of chemistry but it will burn your finger. And some things cross all levels, like information processing; there is no difference between simulated arithmetic and real arithmetic or between simulated intelligence and real intelligence. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@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.
