Computation and Human Experience (RRE)

Dace edace at flinthills.com
Thu Jun 15 11:23:14 PDT 2000



>As to how we can differentiate computers from thermostats, both sides seem
>to agree we can't. It's the one thing both sides do agree on, that a
>thermostat is just a very simple computer. Hence the argument.
>
>Michael
>
Just as we can call computers computers, we can call thermostats computers; whereas in reality the only real computers are we ourselves.

Ted



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