In a message dated 2/19/03 10:30:28 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
michaelnellis{at}yahoo.com writes:

<<  Of course, as I said before, I believe in Artiifical Cognition, so 
 > obviously I have to think Searle is a ninny. :)
 
 I don't believe in artificial cognition; I believe that intelligence
 is an absolute.  Either something is intelligent or it is not, but it
 cannot be artificially so.  Mind you, the layperson tends to use the
 term artificial intelligence in a way cyberneticists do not.  Largely
 a matter of nuance, I guess.
  >>

Okay, this is where it gets sticky, Fang: there are 8 or 9 ways to be 
intelligent recognized by the researchers.  Different people have different 
degrees of these different forms.  Then there's the difference between wisdom 
and intelligence.  A person can be intelligent and still flub up pretty big.  

MockYeti, many examples of that, BardMoc


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