5HC : Chinese boxes or tea chests?

Maru Dubshinki · 02 Feb 2005, 11:23 · from 2005-February.txt.gz

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From: marudubshinki at gmail.com (Maru Dubshinki)
Date: Wed Feb  2 11:23:40 2005
Subject: (urth) 5HC : Chinese boxes or tea chests?
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	<20050202144646.96438.qmail at web50302.mail.yahoo.com>
	<1f7617370502020939286e70a5 at mail.gmail.com>
	<029201c5095b$6a0d5620$4c1e4b0a at vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>
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There's a relevant idea in computer science which goes 'a perfect emulation 
*is* the thing being emulated.'

~Maru 

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:14:25 -0500, James Wynn <thewynns at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> V.R.T. is trying to *become* Marsch but does not seem to have succeeded
> because Number Five and his jailers seem to see right through him....but if
> he got away with it, would he BE Marsch?? Does this question not strike to
> the heart of the Turing "imitation game"?
> 
> ~ Crush

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