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Michael Levin on the foundations of cognition

Thing in itself

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Is That a Significant of Intelligence?

William James' definition of intelligence is that it's the ability to reach the same goal by diverse means. It doesn't mention what you have to be made of or how you got here, he says. "The only thing you're doing is minimize your... potential energy" He adds: "All these things are empirical."

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