| Satoru: | Aren't we programmed to respond to most events like machines? |
| Liao: | Yes. To a large degree, education is a matter of de-programming. |
| Tim: | I'm not so certain. What's general called 'de-programming' is often nothing but another program. I'm not not sure humans can ever be 'deprogrammed' – the mind has so many levels of programming that the whole notion of 'deprogramming' is absurd. |
| Melissa: | I agree. However, humans aren't computer systems. In fact, we are more like trees – constantly adding new layers over old ones. |
| Liao: | That makes sense. Inside of us there's a lot of 'dead wood.' There is merely a thin layer of something that's living. |