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My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in t

My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business. – John Searle

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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

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car
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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

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car
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When life was worrying about a car payment or a rent payment and a bill, youre so consumed with that, you really dont have time to know yourself. Thats surviving and getting by. – Fred Durst

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car

Youre pulling 4-5G for a lot of the corners around the lap. We build up lactic acid because there are a lot of vibrations in the car, and you have to have strong legs to hit the brake pedal. We need to be fit to do every lap at 100%. – Jenson Button

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The senior officer who met with reporters in Baghdad said there had been 21 car bombings in the capital in May, and 126 in the past 80 days. All last year, he said, there were only about 25 car bombings in Baghdad. – Rich Lowry

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car

You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks right or getting out of a car so it doesnt take a million years of screen time. – Gary Cole

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The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen. – Ralph Marston

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I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them. – Danny Boyle

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