On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 02:16:36PM -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > Now, at *some* level thought occurs by diffusing neurotransmitters > through the soup. If what's in our head *actually* works anything > like a "neural network" (the modern technological concept) works, I'd > say that "symbol" isn't a very relevent concept to it. I'd disagree. Nothing stops symbols from being shunted around in, or implemented in, a neural network. And one book had specific examples where a neural net was trained in the standard way, and then the resulting black box was examined very carefully, and lo, you could see the logical rules right there. They're obfuscated, not magical. -xx- Damien X-)