> So, if there is any magical thinking, I claim that is rests on the side of those who claim, rather flippantly, that machines can think. Implicit in this stat

> So, if there is any magical thinking, I claim that is rests on the side of those who claim, rather flippantly, that machines can think. Implicit in this statement is the assumption that either A) Human beings can't think or B) Human beings are not machines. Which point of view do you take? Also, if you're going to take the high ground on magical thinking it might be better to do so not when commenting on an article that plainly states: "The human mind is magic, or might as well be, and it is by this magic that we can defeat the AI."