<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp@gmail.com> wrote:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial">> </font></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why do you think a bunch of dumb atoms being a mind is more plausible</span><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div
style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container">> than the pigeons?<br><br></div><div class="y_msg_container">I think so because the pigeons are acting only according to syntactical rules, rules which I believe are not intrinsic to real minds.</div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container">If the brain were really like a digital computer then sure, we could create brains on digital computers. We could even make them out of pecking pigeons. Anything comparable to on/off switches would work.</div><div class="y_msg_container"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container">Gordon</div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>