On 17/02/2008, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Lanier's rainstorm argument is spurious nonsense.

That's the response of most functionalists, but an explanation as to
why it is spurious nonsense is needed. And some such as Hans Moravec
have actually conceded that the argument is valid:

http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/general.articles/1998/SimConEx.98.html



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Stathis Papaioannou

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