XPost: alt.philosophy, comp.theory   
   From: janburse@fastmail.fm   
      
   Hi,   
      
   In the coming age of analog computing,   
   symbolic logic means nothing:   
      
   “The high data-rate sense perception and   
   identification abilities of the human system   
   mostly bypass verbal/analytic awareness. We   
     are generally conscious of a cognitive   
   recognition after the fact. In this way, what   
   we understand as consciousness has to be   
   identified as a reflexive monitoring ability   
   with quite limited application. To produce   
   consciousness (artificial or otherwise) we   
   are stepping down, not up.”   
   ― Frank Herbert, Destination: Void   
      
   Bye   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)