[ExI] meaning & symbols

[Gordon Swobe]

--- On Wed, 2/3/10, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> You have told us all at great length that you very
> strongly believe that only human brains (and other things which must
> be almost identical to human brains) can do the magic human
> 'consciousness' thing. 

I have no interest in magic. I contend only that software/hardware systems as we conceive of them today cannot have subjective mental contents (semantics).

Idealistic dreamers here on ExI take offense. Sorry about that.

-gts