From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon May 13 2002 - 15:08:23 MDT
Reason wrote:
> Let me see now:
>
> * Take a starting point of defining a human being as being the set of
> average performers out of a large group of people.
> * Circularly define humans as being something that can pass a Turing Test
> conducted by another human.
> * Most young children are not human.
>
> I see nothing unreasonable with the above. All that makes us human is
> information processing of a particular manner and sophistication.
You see nothing reasonable with an argument that leads you to
conclude that *human* children are not *human*? Wow.
- samantha
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