Which is more intelligent, a computer/robot or a human being?
This is a setup question and is meant to get the visitor to the site to commit to saying that humans are
more intelligent than robots/computers.
Another question which would also set them up is: Does logical consistency indicate more intelligence
than random answers to questions or answers which are logically inconsistent?
Here, I would assume that most people would think that logical consistency was a sign of superior
intelligence. But, I am about to lay a trap for them which shows that their thinking is logically inconsistent.
Page 1: If you were to play the solitaire game called FreeCell, which takes more intelligence, 1. dealing
cards on a table in the pattern for a game of FreeCell then actually moving them or 2. deciding how to
move the cards in such a way as to solve the game?
1. Dealing cards and actually picking them up to move them. (If chosen, record the answer in a
database under the person’s login name and go to Page 2.)
2. Making the decisions as to what cards to move and where to move them. (If chosen, record the
answer in a database under the person’s login name and go to Page 3.)
Page 2: You answered that the job of shuffling cards, laying them on a table and moving them around
takes skills that indicate intelligence. These are skills that the typical robot does not have. These skills
are found in most humans, but not in most robots. On the other hand, the typical PC is not usually
considered “intelligent” and yet it can actually solve 300 FreeCell games per second. If PCs are not
intelligent and humans are intelligent, then one would have to conclude that you have chosen the
correct answer by stating that the actual moving of cards takes more intelligence than deciding where
the cards should be moved. (Go to page 4)
Page 3: This is an interesting answer because the typical PC is not usually considered “intelligent” and
yet it can actually solve 300 FreeCell games per second. The job of shuffling cards, laying them on a
table and moving them around takes skills that the typical robot does not have. These skills are found
in most humans, but not in most robots.
As a result, you have chosen the skills of a robot/computer to be those skills which are intelligent and
the skills where a human is superior as ones that do not represent intelligence. This is not consistent
with your earlier claim that humans are more intelligent than robots/computers.
On the other hand, If PCs are not intelligent and humans are intelligent, then one would have to
conclude that the correct answer is that the actual moving of cards takes more intelligence than deciding
where the cards should be moved.
You also claimed that logical consistency is more indicative of intelligence than logical inconsistency is.
Yet your answer as to what intelligence consists of is inconsistent with your claim that what humans do
well is more intelligent than what robots do well.
If you want to be more logically consistent, then you have to change some of your answers.
So far, you have claimed that:
1. Humans are more intelligent than robots
2. Logical consistency tends to indicate intelligence
3. Deciding which cards to move in a game of FreeCell requires more intelligence than physically
moving the cards.
Which answer or answers do you wish to change?
Do you understand what I am trying to do?
I do not know which organization provides the best host site.
I also do not know which language to use to maintain my site, given my need for the database and
question/answer recording.
I want you to help me get started and teach me how to add to and maintain my site.
So far, I have used Yahoo SiteBuilder and Joomla.
Go to next section.
This is a setup question and is meant to get the visitor to the site to commit to saying that humans are
more intelligent than robots/computers.
Another question which would also set them up is: Does logical consistency indicate more intelligence
than random answers to questions or answers which are logically inconsistent?
Here, I would assume that most people would think that logical consistency was a sign of superior
intelligence. But, I am about to lay a trap for them which shows that their thinking is logically inconsistent.
Page 1: If you were to play the solitaire game called FreeCell, which takes more intelligence, 1. dealing
cards on a table in the pattern for a game of FreeCell then actually moving them or 2. deciding how to
move the cards in such a way as to solve the game?
1. Dealing cards and actually picking them up to move them. (If chosen, record the answer in a
database under the person’s login name and go to Page 2.)
2. Making the decisions as to what cards to move and where to move them. (If chosen, record the
answer in a database under the person’s login name and go to Page 3.)
Page 2: You answered that the job of shuffling cards, laying them on a table and moving them around
takes skills that indicate intelligence. These are skills that the typical robot does not have. These skills
are found in most humans, but not in most robots. On the other hand, the typical PC is not usually
considered “intelligent” and yet it can actually solve 300 FreeCell games per second. If PCs are not
intelligent and humans are intelligent, then one would have to conclude that you have chosen the
correct answer by stating that the actual moving of cards takes more intelligence than deciding where
the cards should be moved. (Go to page 4)
Page 3: This is an interesting answer because the typical PC is not usually considered “intelligent” and
yet it can actually solve 300 FreeCell games per second. The job of shuffling cards, laying them on a
table and moving them around takes skills that the typical robot does not have. These skills are found
in most humans, but not in most robots.
As a result, you have chosen the skills of a robot/computer to be those skills which are intelligent and
the skills where a human is superior as ones that do not represent intelligence. This is not consistent
with your earlier claim that humans are more intelligent than robots/computers.
On the other hand, If PCs are not intelligent and humans are intelligent, then one would have to
conclude that the correct answer is that the actual moving of cards takes more intelligence than deciding
where the cards should be moved.
You also claimed that logical consistency is more indicative of intelligence than logical inconsistency is.
Yet your answer as to what intelligence consists of is inconsistent with your claim that what humans do
well is more intelligent than what robots do well.
If you want to be more logically consistent, then you have to change some of your answers.
So far, you have claimed that:
1. Humans are more intelligent than robots
2. Logical consistency tends to indicate intelligence
3. Deciding which cards to move in a game of FreeCell requires more intelligence than physically
moving the cards.
Which answer or answers do you wish to change?
Do you understand what I am trying to do?
I do not know which organization provides the best host site.
I also do not know which language to use to maintain my site, given my need for the database and
question/answer recording.
I want you to help me get started and teach me how to add to and maintain my site.
So far, I have used Yahoo SiteBuilder and Joomla.
Go to next section.
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