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Quote by John Searle
We often attribute understanding and other cognitive predicates by

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

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The easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever – check the tire pressure. – Richard Hammond

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I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the long train journey from Sydney to Canberra and arrived at the little stop, I did wonder slightly whether this really was the national capital. – John Henry Carver

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Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he cant find his car keys, much less keep a national secret. – Lauren Graham

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So there is going to be that balance of understanding how to get the best out of the car that day, whether its 15th or even if I have a shot at a top 10, protecting that car so we can bring it back when we have to. – Kurt Busch

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