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Re: Real Conlangs Here, Made-to-Order!

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Saturday, April 26, 2003, 19:40
>And the triggers for humans are pre-programmed by DNA and set off by >external forces. More importantly, the computer completes the
And you can of course provide for us the mechanism how this translates into human conciousness, no?
>composition when it 'feels' that what it has done is satisfactory or >fulfils its requirements.
Un, no. The trigger to end the music is also human code.
> > There are no sentient computers - they have no desires, wills, > > consciousness, personal goals, etc. > >So a dog has no desires? It does not take sentience to feel pleased.
Bring this up when dogs, as a species are, creative (and no, I don't mean pack mentality). The dog gains plaesure though fullfilling needs biological and pack needs gainedthrough evolution. Computers have no inherent mechanbism for evolution.
>The inability to differentiate between fantasy and reality? The fact >that I don't believe that humans are magic does not mean that I can't >tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
I was refering to the inability to differntiate between what does exist and what might exist. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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David Starner <dvdeug@...>