Originally posted by Roy
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But I have a feeling you're misunderstanding what I'm saying when I say that a "program being run only has significance when interpreted through a human mind". I'm not saying that the consequences of running the software/program doesn't have any significance (provided that these consequences actually affect anyone). I'm saying that the instructions carried out by the CPU as a result of the software doesn't mean anything by themselves, it's only when you know what the programmer's intentions behind the combination of instructions that make up the software were that the software actually starts to become meaningful. It's the programmer's, or end-user's intentions with the software that gives it significance, not anything inherent to the software itself.
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