Re: Turing test--Confucius Says . . .

["P. Shotwell" <shotwell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a footnote to the conversation (and not an opinion!):

"In one of Chuan-Tse's books, it is said that when one of Confucius' disciples saw a
gardener who was carrying water (which he used to get from the well by means of
descending into it with his jar every time) to the garden in order to water his
flowers, the disciple asked whether he would like to facilitate his work. 'But how,'
asked the gardener. Confucius' disciple replied, 'You have to take a wooden lever,
whose front end is heavier, and the other end is lighter. Then you would easily be
able to scoop water out of the well. Such a well is called the well with a crane.'
The gardener, who was a sage, said: 'I have heard how m teacher used to say that if
a man uses a machine, he performs all his deeds as a machine. One who performs all
his deeds as a machine develops a machine heart. Then the one in whose heart a
machine heart is beating forever loses pure simplicity.'"

Best :)
Peter Shotwell