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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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I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go. – Michael Jackson

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Im ashamed to say this, but I watched every episode of Starsky and Hutch as a kid. I loved that show, but now I think its stupid – theyd have a car chase for no reason, then Paul Michael Glaser would shoot the car and it would blow up. – Shane Black

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I compare it to being in a car accident. Theres so much adrenaline rushing through you that you remember being in the accident but you dont remember any of the details. – Brooke Langton

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More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works. – Brock Yates

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