--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jrstern" <jrstern@...> wrote: > Let's start with something where you feel happy stipulating > to the fact that it is a computer. You seem to have missed the point I was trying to make, though my post seems to have stirred up discussion. > Can a computer have original intentionality, without computing? Our current computers cannot have original intentionality with or without computing. And if we found a way of designing one that did have original intentionality, then we would probably find that it was not nearly as useful for us as our current computers. Regards, Neil WEB VIEW: http://tinyurl.com/ku7ga4 TODAY: http://alturl.com/whcf 3 DAYS: http://alturl.com/d9vz 1 WEEK: http://alturl.com/yeza GOOGLE: http://groups.google.com/group/Wittrs YAHOO: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wittrs/ FREELIST: //www.freelists.org/archive/wittrs/09-2009