On 12/29/07, Bulat Ziganshin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Tim, > > Saturday, December 29, 2007, 9:42:48 PM, you wrote: > > > The only thing that computers can do that humans can't is to work > > without getting bored. > > ok, please compute 2^2^30 before continuing discussion. it seems that > you just use "i'm too bored" and "i can't" as synonyms. if computer > will answer "i'm too bored" to any question he can't answer - will it > be enough to give him human rights? >
Well, that's why I recommended the Dennett essay. The difference between "I'm too bored" and "I can't" is actually an interesting philosophical question, and people have written about it in detail before. Cheers, Tim -- Tim Chevalier * http://cs.pdx.edu/~tjc * Often in error, never in doubt "Instant gratification takes too long."--Carrie Fisher _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe