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We Appear To Be Programmed With The Idea That There Are 'things' Outside Of Our Self, And Some Are Conscious, And Some Are Not.

Evolution Is A Process Of Creating Patterns Of Increasing Order....i Believe That It's The Evolution Of Patterns That Constitutes The Ultimate Story Of Our World. Evolution Works Through Indirection: Each Stage Or Epoch Uses The Information-processing Methods Of The Previous Epoch To Create The Next.

Death Gives Meaning To Our Lives. It Gives Importance And Value To Time. Time Would Become Meaningless If There Were Too Much Of It.

The Key Issue As To Whether Or Not A Non-biological Entity Deserves Rights Really Comes Down To Whether Or Not It's Conscious.... Does It Have Feelings?

Although I'm Not Prepared To Move Up My Prediction Of A Computer Passing The Turing Test By 2029, The Progress That Has Been Achieved In Systems Like Watson Should Give Anyone Substantial Confidence That The Advent Of Turing-level Ai Is Close At Hand. If One Were To Create A Version Of Watson That Was Optimized For The Turing Test, It Would Probably Come Pretty Close.