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Yes, put words in my mouth and then ask me to defend them. Clearly I expressed support for the view that humans have a "magic soul that is too important beautiful to ever be equalled by a machine"...

On the other hand, you are clearly stating that intelligence is computation. But you're right, it would be too easy to ask you to define what any of those words mean AND to back that claim.



I've done my best to express a logical argument for my assertions. I've defined what I mean by intelligence, and given examples of humans who lack major senses or physical capabilities, and yet are still considered intelligent; attempting to argue that intelligence is not tied to any physical characteristic, but is rather a dexterity and facility with computation. I haven't yet grokked what you're actually arguing, though. You just seem to dislike the idea of intelligence being compared to computation, but I don't know what you're offering as an alternative.




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