Re: Reality, the bogus nature of the Turing test

From: Brent Meeker <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:23:35 -0700

Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> John,
>
> Even a real solipsist might eat, sleep, talk to people etc., all under the impression that everything is a
> construction of his own mind. People willingly suspend disbelief in order to indulge in fiction or computer
> games, and a solipsist may believe that he is participating in the greatest and most perfect of games. I
> think that most real solipsists would eventually go mad and start to believe that the game is reality.

And that would make a difference how?

Brent Meeker


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