On 12/29/07, Bulat Ziganshin
oh, Dennett isn't only source of wisdom. i proposed you this task because i've my own understanding of it. as i've said in other letter, both computers and humans may be described using mathematics and therefore equivalent - as far as we say about theoretical immortal man and Turing machine
He's not the only source of wisdom, but as a rule, it does tend to be good to be as familiar as possible with what has been written before on a subject that you're talking about. Isn't that one of the reasons this mailing list exists, after all? :-) Cheers, Tim -- Tim Chevalier * http://cs.pdx.edu/~tjc * Often in error, never in doubt "...It's wonderful that I can trust you not to spit in my milk, but what's the point if you're going to drink from the bottle?" -- Sarah Barton