X-Message-Number: 7908
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 20:50:35 -0800 (PST)
From: John K Clark <>
Subject: I am conscious, you are not

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Thomas Donaldson says that a computer could never be sentient, that 
regardless of how intelligently it behaves it can't "really" know anything, 
that it is just going through the motions and is not "really" conscious as he 
is.  

Please explain why I can't use the exact same reasoning to conclude that
other people could never be sentient, that regardless of how intelligently 
they behave they can't "really" know anything, that they are just going 
through the motions and are not "really" conscious as I am.
                                                      
                                            John K Clark     


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