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It's easy to see why you might think that sort of thing
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when you stick to simple machines.
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It's pretty clear that there are lots of machines
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that it doesn't seem natural to
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ascribe beliefs or desires or goals or reasoning to.
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My lawnmower, for example, doesn't want to cut the grass.
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Even though it does cut the grass,
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it doesn't have the desire.
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It doesn't think to itself,
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"How shall I get that blade of grass that's been eluding me?"
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So it's easy to see
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why we might be tempted to say