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stone space

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7. I'll believe this when I meet a cat with the mind-reading abilities of a dog.

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 30, 2016, 04:08 PM

Oct 2016

It seems to me that intelligent entities are almost a necessary result of a long-running, competitive, adaptive process.

A "cat" is just a "tac" spelled backwords, and a cat can be as dull as a tac.

Sure, maybe cats can read the minds of mice, but am I supposed to be impressed by that? A "mouse" is just a "esuom" spelled backwards. How hard can the mind of an esuom be to read?

(Thanks for the pdf, btw. Takes me forever to download a video, and I was a bit annoyed when it cut off in mid-sentence.)

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Mathematics and Religion [View all] stone space Oct 2016 OP

Nelson was a good mathematician struggle4progress Oct 2016 #1

"Predicative Arithmetic" is a cool book. stone space Oct 2016 #2

Don't have time to watch a one hour video...but... Lucky Luciano Oct 2016 #3

Interesting discussion. Jim__ Oct 2016 #4

"almost a necessary result" doesn't seem a valid conclusion to me muriel_volestrangler Oct 2016 #5

Our new dog is pretty stupid. I don't expect him to be able to discuss Spinoza. stone space Oct 2016 #6

I'll believe this when I meet a cat with the mind-reading abilities of a dog. stone space Oct 2016 #7