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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Bernard Peek   
    wrote:   
   > On 25/01/14 17:26, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
   > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:03:31 -0600, Doc O'Leary   
   > >  wrote in   
   > >    
   > > in rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.science,rec.arts.sf.misc:   
   > >   
   > > [...]   
   > >   
   > >> Not to someone who has a good definition of intelligence.  [...]   
   > >   
   > > Do let us know when you find such a person.  (And no, that   
   > > mirror won't help you one bit.)   
   >   
   > True. I think that proving whether a machine is intelligent (or more   
   > accurately sentient) can probably wait until we can devise a proof that   
   > a person is sentient.   
      
   As the old saying goes ...   
      
       "Astronomers are always looking for intelligent life 'out there'   
        because there's none down here."   
      
   :-)   
      
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