Colin,
I think I am missing the main point: is the room + Marvin meant to be a zombie
or not?
Stathis
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:20:19 +1100
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Subject: The Totally Blind Zombie Homunculus Room
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Le 29-nov.-06, à 05:57, Tom Caylor a écrit :
Bruno Marchal wrote:
Le 24-nov.-06, à 10:03, Tom Caylor a écrit :
Have you read Francis Schaeffer's trilogy of books: The God Who Is
There, Escape From Reason, and He Is There And He Is Not Silent. He
talks about the consequences of the
Tom Caylor writes:
Have you read Francis Schaeffer's trilogy of books: The God Who Is
There, Escape From Reason, and He Is There And He Is Not Silent. He
talks about the consequences of the belief in the uniformity of natural
causes in a closed system.
There is no way that I can
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
David Nyman writes:
You're right - it's muddled, but as you imply there is the glimmer of
an idea trying to break through. What I'm saying is that the
'functional' - i.e. 3-person description - not only of the PZ, but of
*anything* - fails to capture the
Bruno Marchal wrote:
Le 29-nov.-06, à 05:57, Tom Caylor a écrit :
However, from the birth of modern science, we have taken a journey to
dispense with any kind of faith
Let us define faith by belief in unproved or unprovable truth. The
idea that science dispense with faith is a myth. A
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Tom Caylor writes:
Have you read Francis Schaeffer's trilogy of books: The God Who Is
There, Escape From Reason, and He Is There And He Is Not Silent. He
talks about the consequences of the belief in the uniformity of natural
causes in a closed system.
I was fascinated by this word, and have used it on occasions since
reading the novel Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein,
where Heinlein introduced the word into English.
I see from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok that the word is
considered very much part of the English vocabulary
I thought I'd pass this on from another group
Maybe one of us who is local can go along?
Damn I wish I was there... :-)
--
Here is a debate this Thursday at MIT on a really big question:
Creativity: the mind, machines, and mathematics
A
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