RE: Bruno's argument

From: Stathis Papaioannou <stathispapaioannou.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:25:58 +1000

Brent Meeker writes:

> I don't think "intelligence" is meaningful without an environment with
> which it can interact. The same for computation: what distinguishes
> computation and noise is a context in which it interacts with its
> environment.

What about an intelligent, conscious being spending its time dreaming?

Stathis Papaioannou
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