My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business. – John Searle
I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing. – John Searle
We often attribute understanding and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions. – John Searle
I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. Im always itching to get back in the car. Its going to get harder, so Ive got to make sure that Im doing everything I possibly can do to make sure I can start next season how I ended this season. – Dan Wheldon