Nor I you. Fun, isn't it?fluffyhamster wrote:I'm sorry, but I'm not quite following you here!metal56 wrote:They might suit you then, Fluff.fluffyhamster wrote:Hmm, I just had a thought: that "Canberra" activity kind of reminded me of Searle's "Chinese Room" thought experiment...instructions that treat a person as if they were a computer, and which, in between the input and output stages, seem to just be "processing" stages that require no intelligence to follow.
Are you intrigued or irritated by quotes such as ...
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Yeah, a right barrel of laughs. Beats sitting in alone wasting time on some web discussion forum.metal56 wrote:Nor I you. Fun, isn't it?fluffyhamster wrote:I'm sorry, but I'm not quite following you here!metal56 wrote:They might suit you then, Fluff.fluffyhamster wrote:Hmm, I just had a thought: that "Canberra" activity kind of reminded me of Searle's "Chinese Room" thought experiment...instructions that treat a person as if they were a computer, and which, in between the input and output stages, seem to just be "processing" stages that require no intelligence to follow.
Hey, just think, if we all made indisicriminate use of the quote function from the very beginning of every thread, we could create a "russian doll" of chat each time, and waste oodles of cyberspace!
That's true, Babushka.fluffyhamster wrote:Yeah, a right barrel of laughs. Beats sitting in alone wasting time on some web discussion forum.metal56 wrote:Nor I you. Fun, isn't it?fluffyhamster wrote:I'm sorry, but I'm not quite following you here!metal56 wrote:They might suit you then, Fluff.fluffyhamster wrote:Hmm, I just had a thought: that "Canberra" activity kind of reminded me of Searle's "Chinese Room" thought experiment...instructions that treat a person as if they were a computer, and which, in between the input and output stages, seem to just be "processing" stages that require no intelligence to follow.
Hey, just think, if we all made indisicriminate use of the quote function from the very beginning of every thread, we could create a "russian doll" of chat each time, and waste oodles of cyberspace!
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Hmm, the options in the threads question are a bit polar/extreme opposites. In between, there are things like 'amused' and 'bemused':
intrigued---amused---bemused---irritated
I reckon I am amused by such quotes. Yes, that sounds better than 'intrigued' (I must confess I don't think there is a whole lot in them, it's not like I need MR to make me into a better person or anything), and than 'irritated' (at least I look at them and consider them, maybe I'll return to some of them later, it's just, they aren't a priority for me personally right now, and I just wonder what MR's priorities have always been!
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intrigued---amused---bemused---irritated
I reckon I am amused by such quotes. Yes, that sounds better than 'intrigued' (I must confess I don't think there is a whole lot in them, it's not like I need MR to make me into a better person or anything), and than 'irritated' (at least I look at them and consider them, maybe I'll return to some of them later, it's just, they aren't a priority for me personally right now, and I just wonder what MR's priorities have always been!
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