>>No one is talking about magic. The human brain is not magic, neither is that of chimpanzees, rats, dolphins or gorillas. Intelligence is a purely physical phe

>>No one is talking about magic. The human brain is not magic, neither is that of chimpanzees, rats, dolphins or gorillas. Intelligence is a purely physical phenomenon, which means it can be emulated by computers. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws The brain might as well be magic, I don't think we have enough understanding of it to know if it's truly possible to make a computer think & learn _exactly_ like a human. Also, I can't help but be reminded of the TNG episode related to this topic. http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_Measure_Of_A_Man_(episode) http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_Measure_Of_A_Man_(episod...