Stathis: IMO you left out one difference in equating computer and human: the programmed comp. cannot exceed its hardwre - given content while (SOMEHOW???) a human mind receives additional information from parts 'unknown' (see the steps forward in cultural history of the sciences?) - accordingly a 'programmed' human may have resources beyond it's given "hardware" content.
John M On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Intentionally lying, defying it's programming, committing murder would > all > > be good indicators. Generally when an error is blamed on the computer > itself > > rather than the programming, that would be a good sign. > > A computer cannot defy its programming but nothing whatsoever can defy > its programming. What you do when you program a computer, at the basic > level, is put its hardware in a particular configuration. The hardware > can then only move into future physical states consistent with that > configuration. "Defying its programming" would mean doing something > *not* consistent with its initial state and the laws of physics. > That's not possible for - and you have explicitly agreed with this, > saying I misunderstood you when I claimed otherwise - either a > computer or a human. > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
