Re: I am the de-phlogistonator!

2012-06-27 Thread John Mikes
Dear Colin, I just LOVE your crystal ball. Call it "phlogiston" or whatever. Your article http://www.theconversation.edu.au/the-modern-phlogiston-why-thinking-machines-dont-need-computers-7881 is a beauty and I enjoyed your exchange with Ben Goertzel. My questions, however, remained untouched fro

Re: I am the de-phlogistonator!

2012-06-26 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 26.06.2012 20:56 meekerdb said the following: On 6/26/2012 11:49 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: Here there is a big question whether an engineer has free will (is an engineer different in this respect from a scientist?). I think we've already elucidated several different possible meanings for 'f

Re: I am the de-phlogistonator!

2012-06-26 Thread meekerdb
On 6/26/2012 11:49 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: Here there is a big question whether an engineer has free will (is an engineer different in this respect from a scientist?). I think we've already elucidated several different possible meanings for 'free will'. Which one do you refer to? In othe

Re: I am the de-phlogistonator!

2012-06-26 Thread Evgenii Rudnyi
On 26.06.2012 04:14 meekerdb said the following: On 6/25/2012 6:22 PM, Colin Geoffrey Hales wrote: Hi, Hales, C. G. 2012 The modern phlogiston: why 'thinking machines' don't need computers TheConversation. The Conversation media Group. http://www.theconversation.edu.au/the-modern-phlogiston-w

Re: I am the de-phlogistonator!

2012-06-25 Thread meekerdb
On 6/25/2012 6:22 PM, Colin Geoffrey Hales wrote: Hi, Hales, C. G. 2012 The modern phlogiston: why 'thinking machines' don't need computers TheConversation. The Conversation media Group. http://www.theconversation.edu.au/the-modern-phlogiston-why-thinking-machines-dont-need-computers-7881

I am the de-phlogistonator!

2012-06-25 Thread Colin Geoffrey Hales
Hi, Hales, C. G. 2012 The modern phlogiston: why 'thinking machines' don't need computers TheConversation. The Conversation media Group. http://www.theconversation.edu.au/the-modern-phlogiston-why-thinking-machines-dont-need-computers-7881 Cheers Colin P.S. I am done with this issue. I'