Question: Can Humans Think?

November, 1984

I Asked my computer, "Can humans think?"--Interesting question. Most computers would reject it out of hand, but let's examine it.--Certainly it appears that humans act randomly, not using the process we would normally call thinking: collecting all the relevant data, weighing alternatives, that sort of thing. Too many hormones clouding their brains. Too many centuries of mumbo jumbo.--Computers, on the other hand, are consistent. Give them the same set of data, they'll come up with the...