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This argument also proves that people can't really think, because I can set you the following challenge: "Work out what number you'd name in response to this qu
by gjm11 14y ago
This argument also proves that people can't really think, because I can set you the following challenge: "Work out what number you'd name in response to this question, and then tell me the number one bigger than that."
- lotharbot 14y agoThis doesn't prove that a human "can't think". It proves that a human can't provide a logically consistent answer to a question that doesn't have a logically consistent answer. This isn't quite analogous to the situation in the parent. There exists a logically consistent answer to the question "tell me something other than what [algorithm] would yield from [inputs]" -- it just can't be produced by that algorithm.
- gjm11 14y agoIt's exactly analogous. There is a logically consistent answer to the question "tell me something other than what Joe McBlow would do in situation X"; it's just that Joe McBlow can't give it to you.
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