[ExI] The symbol grounding problem in strong AI

[Damien Broderick]

On 12/25/2009 12:38 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Eugen Leitl<eugen at leitl.org>  wrote:
>
>> >  I find it really difficult to understand what drives reasonably smart
>> >  people today to bog down in a rerun of the vis vitalis debate. Which was
>> >  empirically put to death on 22th February of 1828...
>
> Okay, Gene, I'll bite.
>
> All I could find re 22 Feb 1828 was this

Nope.

"organic chemistry has begun in 1828 when F. Wöhler synthesized urea"...

"...Until 1828, it was believed that organic substances could only be 
formed under the influence of the vital force in the bodies of animals 
and plants. Wöhler proved by the artificial preparation of urea from 
inorganic materials that this view was false."