so if chimps and other animals get human rights based on being able to recognise themselves in a mirror and laugh, maybe we should change the turing test to make it more fair for computers.
also, regarding the monkey - child argument: show me a monkey that has ever grown up to be a thinking reasoning being, and i'll accept your logic.
finally, I'll recognise chimps as deserving of human rights when one makes a sylogism. or laughs at a joke. laughing when tickled is a physical reaction to direct stimulus and shouldn't be treated as a sign of intelligence. have you ever seen an animal act against its nature for some belief? if a caged chicken doesn't want to be in the cage, why doesn't it just stop eating?
where have you been? capitalism has never been about absolute merit. bill gates didn't make the best software, but he did a damn good job at getting folks to buy it. could it be that building-the-absolutely-best-computer-system-in-th e-entire-universe != $$$$$$$?
your average person doesn't give a rat's behind what all goes in to letting them check their myspace.. they just want to know that it will work-- apple and microsoft are succeeding as businesses because at some point they realized that there's more to selling computers and software than making the best thing out there. people want to feel good about it.
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so if chimps and other animals get human rights based on being able to recognise themselves in a mirror and laugh, maybe we should change the turing test to make it more fair for computers.
also, regarding the monkey - child argument: show me a monkey that has ever grown up to be a thinking reasoning being, and i'll accept your logic.
finally, I'll recognise chimps as deserving of human rights when one makes a sylogism. or laughs at a joke. laughing when tickled is a physical reaction to direct stimulus and shouldn't be treated as a sign of intelligence. have you ever seen an animal act against its nature for some belief? if a caged chicken doesn't want to be in the cage, why doesn't it just stop eating?
where have you been? capitalism has never been about absolute merit. bill gates didn't make the best software, but he did a damn good job at getting folks to buy it. could it be that building-the-absolutely-best-computer-system-in-th e-entire-universe != $$$$$$$?
your average person doesn't give a rat's behind what all goes in to letting them check their myspace.. they just want to know that it will work-- apple and microsoft are succeeding as businesses because at some point they realized that there's more to selling computers and software than making the best thing out there. people want to feel good about it.