The Quantum Physics of Free Will. Addicts, Mythmakers and Philosophers. Plato Alan Brody explains Plato’s/Socrates’ understanding of habitually bad behavior.
Thad held up his right hand and asked “See this?” He showed me gnarled and maimed fingers. The Turing Test. First published Wed Apr 9, 2003; substantive revision Wed Jan 26, 2011 The phrase “The Turing Test” is most properly used to refer to a proposal made by Turing (1950) as a way of dealing with the question whether machines can think.
According to Turing, the question whether machines can think is itself “too meaningless” to deserve discussion (442). However, if we consider the more precise—and somehow related—question whether a digital computer can do well in a certain kind of game that Turing describes (“The Imitation Game”), then—at least in Turing's eyes—we do have a question that admits of precise discussion. William of Ockham.