[MD] Flying Spagetti Monsters

[Laycock, Jos (OSPT)]

Ok please contest that:

Humans congregate around large pieces of rock in the same way that moths are
attracted towards bright lights. 

(BTW GB is Tony Blair's heir apparent)

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> [mailto:moq_discuss-bounces at moqtalk.org]On Behalf Of pholden at davtv.com
> Sent: 29 September 2006 12:32
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Subject: Re: [MD] Flying Spagetti Monsters
> 
> 
> Quoting "Laycock, Jos (OSPT)" <Jos.Laycock at OFFSOL.GSI.GOV.UK>:
> 
> > Hi Platt:
> > 
> > The non biological urges,
> > I can't suggest any that you wont be able to attribute to 
> biology, but you
> > can't suggest any human actions that I won't atribute to biology in
> > response. (not your own, something you abserve in another). 
> If I choose the
> > right definition of "biological urge" and make it species 
> specific then it
> > will always explain any obseved human behaviour.
> 
> Hi Jos:
> 
> What biological urge explains observed human response to 
> Michelangelo's "David?"
>  
> > Turing tests,
> > Of course very familiar, but it is a subjective test, there 
> are turing
> > machines already in existence that can fool a fair 
> percentage of questioners
> > in double blind experiments, if you put the machine in front of a
> > particularily dumb human or one with a poor grasp of the 
> language tested
> > they will stand no chance at all. The concept is somewhat 
> flawed in this
> > respect as it makes no provision to test the observer. 
> Assume that a turing
> > machine is created that convinces all questioners, it still 
> may not be
> > concious, you can never really prove it for certain. 
> Equally you may very
> > well create a fully concious AI that has no way to 
> communicate with you,
> > assuming faliure you disasemble it and start again.
> 
> There's not much you can really prove for certain except 
> death and taxes.
> In the past, some here have argued that even death is not certain.
> 
> > I'm off to see how much PCP it will take for me to start 
> liking Gordon
> > Brown.
> 
> I'm not familiar with either PCP or Gordon Brown. But if I 
> had to guess PCP
> is a drug and Gordon Brown is a rap performer. Close? :-)
> 
> Platt
> 
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