[ExI] Semiotics and Computability

[Gordon Swobe]

--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:

> By definition it isn't measurable, since (according to
> Searle and Gordon) it would be possible to perfectly reproduce the
> behaviour of the brain, but leave out understanding. 

Does your watch understand what time it is, Stathis? No, of course not. But yet it tells you the correct time anyway, *as if* it had understanding. Amazing!

-gts