Re: Reality, the bogus nature of the Turing test

From: Brent Meeker <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:51:40 -0700

Colin Hales wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: everything-list.domain.name.hidden [mailto:everything-
>>list.domain.name.hidden] On Behalf Of Brent Meeker
>>Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:31 AM
>>To: everything-list.domain.name.hidden
>>Subject: Re: Reality, the bogus nature of the Turing test
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>>Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
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>>>Bruno Marchal writes:
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>>>>About solipsism I am not sure why you introduce the subject. It seems
>>>>to me nobody defend it in the list.
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>>>Is anyone out there really a solipsist? Has anyone ever met or talked to
>>
>>a
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>>>real solipsist?
>>>
>>>Stathis Papaioannou
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>>Will all those who believe I don't exist contact me immediately. :-)
>>
>>Brent
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> I don't think anyone actually believes they are, but scientists certainly
> act as-if they are! (all except me, of course!)

Then why do they collaborate, argue, and publish? Exactly how would they act as-if
they weren't?

Brent
"Nobody believes a theory, except the guy who thought of it.
Everbody believes an experiment, except the guy who did it."
          --- Leon Lederman, on physics

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