sentient

http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-10/100620sentient.html Dern shame to see a programmer clearly demonstrating how such expertice fails outside of a computer. Unfortunatly, it makes all programmers look bad. I at least understood what he was trying to say (he wasn't really trying to say they were...

"The capacity for feeling both good and bad things - the scholarly term is "sentience" - is central to the ethics of how we treat animals. If you're sentient, you have some quality of life at stake, and you deserve moral consideration... What are the implications for humankind's relationship to...

. http://www.dreamslaughter.com/parase...rasentient.htm This is provable, but do I get the million bucks or does the intrenet get the million bucks?

. http://www.dreamslaughter.com/parasentient/parasentient.htm Just send the million dollar check to my email address. .

As you'll soon see, this does belong here as a philosophy discussion, and not in the computers and technology section. :) Take the following two points as being given: You have a test for evaluating sentience and conciousness. What this test is actually comprised of isn't really relevant to...