What is preventing a computer from feeling desire or fear?I told you, you can ignore all my boldings and italics — I need living emotion and this text-only is suffocating at times. ;--D Therein lies the difference between a computer and a person. A living person "feels" desire, intention, etc. Not just computes. A non-living person does not, nor does a computer, nor n red and white blood cells. Because life is not the machine. Life is IN the machine.
It seems like you're changing your stance on blood cells. Do they "feel"or not?
A number is a concept. And when we start exploring and investigating numbers, we develop concepts of numbers."Concepts" of numbers?? I thought a number was a concept!