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"Could a machine think?" my own view is that only a machine could think, and indeed only very special kinds of machines, namely brains and machines that had the same causal powers as brains... Whatever else intentionality is, it is a biological phenomenon, and it is as likely to be as causally dependent on the specific biochemistry of its origins as lactation, photosynthesis, or any other biological phenomena.

John R. Searle

Minds, Brains, and Programs

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Topic

Artificial intelligence

Author

John R. Searle

Source

Minds, Brains, and Programs Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Medium

Essay Journal

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Searle, John R. "Minds, Brains, and Science." Reith Lectures. BBC Radio 4. 1984. Radio.

Make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us.

David Foster Wallace

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Topic

Irony

Author

David Foster Wallace

Source

E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction The Review of Contemporary Fiction

Medium

Essay Journal

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wallace, David Foster. "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction." The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Summer 1993.

Current Citation

Wallace, David Foster. "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction." A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments. Back Bay Books, 1998.

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

Oscar Wilde

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Topic

Stages of life

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young The Chameleon

Medium

Epigrams Journal

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young." The Chameleon. London: Gay and Bird, 1894.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

The skies they were ashen and sober;
The leaves they were crisped and sere,
The leaves they were withering and sere;
It was night in the lonesome October
Of my most immemorial year.

Edgar Allan Poe

American Whig Review

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Topic

October Autumn Seasons

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Source

Ulalume: A Ballad American Whig Review

Medium

Poem Journal

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan, [published anonymously]. "Ulalume: A Ballad." American Whig Review, Dec. 1847, st. 1.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "Ulalume - A Ballad." Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984, st. 1.

One should always be a little improbable.

Oscar Wilde

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Topic

Unpredictability

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young The Chameleon

Medium

Epigrams Journal

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young." The Chameleon. London: Gay and Bird, 1894.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.