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Machines will never be able to give the thinking process a model of thought itself, since machines are not mortal. What gives humans access to the symbolic domain of value and meaning is the fact that we die.

Regis Debray
Thinking, Giving, Machines
"Revolution in the revolution". Interview with Andrew Joscelyne, www.wired.com. January 1, 1995.
Machines will never be able to give the thinking process a model of thought itself, since machines are not mortal. What gives humans access to the symbolic domain of value and meaning is the fact that we die.