From: "Phil Roberts, Jr." 
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 11:30:09 -0500

Jim Balter wrote:
> 
> In article <32829D25.3464@ix.netcom.com>,
> Phil Roberts, Jr.  wrote:
> >and its not just buggy.  If the Lucas view of Godel is to be taken seriously,
> 
> The Lucas view of Godel is trivially wrong, since it ignores the fact that
> Godel incompleteness only applies to *consistent* systems.  For this and other
> reasons (e.g., finiteness), Godel has no relevance to systems in the real
> world.
> --
> 

Trivially?  The penalty for disobeying the strategic logic of natural 
selection is death.  That's about as non-trivial as you can get?

Quote:

The short answer [to Lucas/Godel] is that, although it is established  
that there are limitation to the powers of any particular machine,
it has only been stated, without any sort of proof, that no such 
limitations apply to human intellect (A.M. Turing).

-- 

Phil Roberts, Jr.

Feelings of Worthlessness from the Perspective of
So-Called Cognitive Science

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5476