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

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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."

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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."

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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

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