[comp.ai.digest] AIList V5 #239 - Neuromorphic Terminology, AI Successes, Logican Joke

RCSMPA::HAMILTON@gmr.COM ("William E. Hamilton, Jr.") (10/19/87)

Of course the human mind is flawed. The proof is quite straightforward.

1. The Bible asserts that the mind of man is wicked (or evil, depending on
   which translation you use)

2. Now, assuming you believe the Bible is true and that an evil mind is a
   flawed mind (if you don't agree that an evil mind is flawed, you can
   still find a collection of assertions about human behavior in the Bible
   that, taken together, would indicate that the minds responsible for
   such behavior are flawed), the assertion is proven.

3. But suppose you do not regard the Bible as true. Then the Bible is
   flawed. However, the Bible has been on the world's best-seller
   list for many years, and those who buy a flawed book must have flawed 
   minds. Therefore, there are millions of flawed minds out there.


		Bill Hamilton
		GM Research Labs


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