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Old 02-04-2007, 05:15 PM   #92 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent View Post
Who says we can't?
no one has said we can't, the point is that as of yet, we have been unable to figure out HOW, mainly because there's much more at play in the human brain than set reactions to the various synapses going on. The fact thatw e have yet to program computers to think as humans do in my mind is concrete proof that the human mind is capable of free will, because it acts on different levels than simply acting upon pre-calculated reactions to past events.
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