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>People use cognitive aids all the time: computers, watches, day-timers,
>calculators...do these things think, even a little?
I think how that question is answered would depend on perspective. We
are all human beings (I think) and we use these tools regularly
ourselves. When I look at a clock, or use my computer, I see these
things as external to myself. By extrapolation, I therefore see them as
external to humans. If I was viewing the human/tool system for the first
time I might well decide to view it as a whole, and in that context I
would probably answer that each of the constituent parts 'think' to a
degree. I might recognise that the piece that does most of the thinking
is the human nervous system but I'm sure I would recognise even the
lowly watch as playing a part in the overall cognitive process.
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